New expressway to be laid down connecting Delhi and Mumbai at the cost of Rs 1 trillion

NewsBharati    17-Apr-2018
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Mumbai, April 17: New expressway will be laid down connecting Delhi and Mumbai at the cost of 1 Lakh Crores. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has assured that the work on the project will be completed in three years starting from this December. 

“A sum of Rs 1 trillion will be spent on this expressway,” Minister Nitin Gadkari outlined major initiatives of his ministry for de-congestion of Delhi NCR. “A total of 10 projects are underway costing Rs 356 billion," Ministry of Road Transport and Highway said in a statement.

 

This Delhi-Mumbai expressway project will reduce the distance from 1,450 km by road through NH8 to approximately 1,250 km, which in turn will also bring down the travel time significantly -- to about 12 hours from the current 24-hour travel time.

The new expressway project will stretch across states covering two of the country's most backward districts, Mewat in Haryana and Dahod in Gujarat. The whole route will be Delhi-Gurgaon-Mewat-Kota-Ratlam-Godhra-Vadora-Surat-Dahisar-Mumbai.

“This entire expressway will bring development to the undeveloped regions and hinterland in Rajasthan, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh to spur growth and some backward areas will also shine like Gurugram. Industrial and commercial development will generate jobs. We are now looking at building highways on new alignment rather than just expanding the existing stretches to decentralize development,” SAID Minister Nitin Gadkari.

Further Nitin Gadkari also disclosed plans for a Chambal Expressway which would be connected to this Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, and is likely to benefit states like Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

He said a total of ten projects are underway costing 35,600 crore rupees. About forty thousand commercial vehicles enter Delhi on a daily basis, which cause increased pollution and congestion in the city state. The minister said an ambitious scheme of developing Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways around Delhi was taken up, and the Eastern Peripheral Expressway will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on the 29th of this month.