The first section of the expressway is developed at a cost of more than 12,150 crores rupees
New Delhi:
The Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot section section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be inaugurated on Sunday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This new stretch is set to reduce the travel time from Delhi to Jaipur from five hours to around three and a half hours.
Delhi Mumbai Expressway is India’s longest with the total length of 1386 kilometres.
The expressway will cut the travel time between Delhi and Mumbai to 12 hours.
Developed at a cost of more than ₹ 12,150 crore, the expressway will be India’s longest with a length of 1,386 kilometers. It is also set to reduce the travel distance between Delhi and Mumbai by 180 kilometers and the travel time by 12 hours.
The Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot stretch will reduce the travel time from Delhi to Jaipur from 5 hours to around 3 and a half hours.
The expressway has an automated traffic management system.
Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India, says that the Delhi Mumbai Expressway is the first expressway that developed with a 21-meter median on principles of forgiving highways allowing inward expansion.
The expressway will pass through six states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
The expressway will pass through six states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra and connect major cities like Kota, Indore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Vadodara and Surat.
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