The six-lane, greenfield Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), opened in 2018 to travel between Palwal and Kondli via Baghpat, Ghaziabad, and Gautam Budh Nagar bypassing Delhi, reduced the travel time to 72 minutes from four hours. But five years later, it lies in a state of neglect, with cracks on its surface and defunct streetlights, and frequently sees parked vehicles and wrong-side driving due to a lack of enforcement.
