In an exciting update, Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, recently revealed that the highly anticipated Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is on track to be completed by December.
This 1,386 kilometers long Expressway boasts an estimated budget of over Rs 1 lakh crore. This remarkable development is set to drastically reduce the travel time between the two iconic Indian cities to just 12 hours.
Gadkari went on to share that the construction of the expressway has already reached Vadodara, and there’s an upcoming inauguration ceremony by the Prime Minister, which will extend the expressway to Ratlam.
Furthermore, Gadkari announced that the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway has now reached Surat. The construction process beyond Surat has been meticulously divided into 12 packages, with six of them already awarded, and work is actively progressing on the Solapur package. It’s worth noting that the environmental concerns that once plagued the Surat to Nashik section have been expertly addressed.
Gadkari further expressed his confidence that 70-80 percent of the work to reduce the distance between Delhi and Chennai by 320 kilometers will be completed by the end of the year.
In another exciting development, the government is gearing up to have the Prime Minister inaugurate a 244-kilometer stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, right in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.
This eight-lane section of the Delhi-Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway in Madhya Pradesh starts from Neemthur village on the Rajasthan border and concludes at Timarwani village, marking the entry point into Gujarat. The expressway weaves through the heart of Madhya Pradesh, connecting major cities like Garoth, Jaora, Ratlam, and Thandla.
Construction has already kicked off for the grand 1,270-kilometer Surat-Chennai Expressway, which now ranks as India’s second-longest expressway, with a budget of Rs 45,000 crore dedicated to its realization.
In yet another groundbreaking move, 703 kilometers of National Highways have been constructed using waste plastic in the flexible pavement’s wearing coat. Moreover, Gadkari unveiled his plans to introduce a policy for incorporating municipal waste in road construction.
Also, guidelines have been issued, mandating the use of waste plastic in periodic renewal and the wearing coat of service roads on national highways within a 50-kilometer radius of urban areas with a population exceeding 5 lakhs.
Besides this, the government intends to collaborate with foreign companies and adhere to international standards to enhance road construction in hilly regions, including states like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and the Northeastern states. Safety and environmentally-friendly practices remain paramount in this endeavor.
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