Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday said the capital’s traffic situation would have become “unimaginable” had the Centre not undertaken large-scale infrastructure projects such as expressways, elevated corridors and tunnels.

Gupta made the remarks while inspecting the final stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway along with Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari.

“Delhi’s traffic situation would have been unimaginable today had the Centre not pushed ahead with the construction of expressways, elevated corridors, tunnels and signal-free road networks under the Union Minister’s leadership,” Gupta said.

She added that Gadkari had announced that the total value of completed, ongoing and upcoming road infrastructure projects in the region has reached nearly Rs 1.60 lakh crore.

Calling the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway link project a “historic gift” for the national capital, Gupta said the project would provide seamless connectivity between Delhi, Noida, Faridabad, Gurugram and Noida International Airport.

The chief minister said the Centre, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been working to create a “modern, world-class and future-ready infrastructure network” for Delhi to tackle persistent issues such as traffic congestion and pollution.