Manjhawali link road gets the green light: Greater Noida-Faridabad approach road work to start by December

The long-delayed Manjhawali link that will connect Greater Noida directly to Faridabad has cleared a key hurdle: the Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department (PWD) has been approved to build the missing approach road on the UP side, with construction expected to begin by late November or December. The 630-metre, four-lane bridge over the Yamuna is already complete, and Haryana finished its approach road years ago – but vehicles could not use the crossing because the UP connectivity road was never built. That stretch, about 5 km in all, includes a new 1.7 km four-lane road (45 metres wide), widening of a 1 km section to 10 metres, and repair of roughly 2 km of existing road. The state has allocated about Rs 66 crore, the tender has been awarded, and PWD executive engineer Kanchan Verma has said the department has the budget in hand and expects to finish the road within about a year. Land acquisition – some 4.99 hectares from around 130 farmers across Jagunpur, Murshadpur and Jagunpur Doab villages, at Rs 3,720 per square metre – is now roughly 90 per cent done, up from about 70 per cent late last year, with possession of the last parcels under way. Once complete, the route is expected to cut the Greater Noida-Faridabad drive from close to two hours toward about 30 minutes, ease pressure on Delhi’s roads, improve access to Noida International Airport and benefit around 200 villages across the two districts.

For the whole south-western edge of Greater Noida, a working bridge to Faridabad changes the map: it turns a long, indirect slog through Delhi or Kalindi Kunj into a short hop, and that kind of direct inter-city link is exactly what lifts demand in the sectors nearest the crossing.

For buyers, a completed Yamuna bridge with its approach road finally funded and tendered is a more credible infrastructure story than most announcements – the hardest part (the bridge) is already built, and the pending work is a few kilometres of road with land mostly acquired. The honest caveats are this project’s own long history: the bridge’s foundation dates back to 1989, UP’s side stalled for years on land acquisition, and the official line is completion within a year of a start that has not happened yet. So treat it as a strong, near-term positive for Greater Noida’s Faridabad-facing sectors, track whether work actually begins on schedule in November-December, and weigh the 30-minute figure as a projection to be confirmed once vehicles are running, rather than paying a connectivity premium today.

Sources: Udaipur Times (Oct 21, 2026), The Daily Jagran (Dec 24, 2025), Goodreturns – travel time