new delhi two key ramps to the barapullah elevated road will be officially thrown open on sunday in an attempt to improve connectivity between south and east delhi and viceversa two links one for traffic coming from ashramdnd flyway side on ring road and the other from jawaharlal nehru stadium towards lala lajpat rai marg near jangpura are expected to save travel time up to 30 minutes ramp b will bring down a 28km drive from the sidharth extension side on ring road to get onto barapullah which has been rechristened banda bahadur marg to a mere 400 metres saving travel time of around half an hour even during peak traffic movement and reducing congestion on ring road near the sarai kale khan bus terminus the travel time to ito and east delhi by ring road too is expected to go down due to decongestion of traffic around sarai kale khanramp b was opened in november on trial basis while ramp g the link from jln stadium will be inaugurated on sunday however commuters will have to wait till march 2017 to take barapullah from ina which had a deadline of december the delay is attributed to a railway overbridge that is to be constructed near thyagaraja stadium to link the elevated road between ina and jln stadium once the railways completes it the public works department pwd will connect the elevated road from ina to jln stadium completing phaseii of barapullah being built at a cost of rs 530 crore phaseiii will go over the yamuna connecting barapullah with mayur vihar it is estimated to cost around rs 1000 crore and scheduled to be ready in 2018 ramp g near jangpura will facilitate the traffic coming from the jln stadiumina side and going towards cgo complexito this ramp will fork out of the elevated corridor and merge with lala lajpat rai marg near the jangpura metro station according to officials the real benefit of the ramp will be visible when the phase is over as it will facilitate direct access from ina to central south and east delhi traffic coming from the ina side will go directly to cgo complex and pragati vihar via lala lajpat rai marg it will also decongest lodhi road and aurobindo marg ramp b which has been functional for a fortnight is letting commuters take barapullah from the ashram side without having to travel till the bus terminus to take a uturn towards the elevated road people travelling to central delhi from ashram too can hope for a relatively easy commute as one goes up the ramp another loop ramp c will fork out and go under the elevated road leading to isbt which is being renovated this ramp will be kept closed till the renovation work is over once the 460metrelong ramp opens buses coming from the ashram side will go directly to the bus stand instead of causing bottlenecks on ring road ramps b and g being executed