New Delhi: The second section of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway, from UP Gate till Dasna in Ghaziabad, is set to be commissioned in December this year, about five months ahead of its scheduled completion date. According to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), work on the project is 55 per cent complete and will be finished ahead of the targeted May 2020. The ambitious Expressway has been conceived to provide seamless travel from Delhi to Meerut as well as Hapur in the prosperous western Uttar Pradesh. Once it is operational, motorists from Delhi will be able to reach Meerut in just one hour, NHAI sources said. The Expressway’s first section, from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to UP Gate in Ghaziabad, was completed in June 2018 and it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (IANS)