Greenfield Expressway Will Cut Down The Distance Between Mumbai-Delhi By 220 KM

In a fresh development that sure is going to be a music to the ears of many road trip lovers, Union Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari announced that the Mumbai-Delhi greenfield expressway will cut distance between the two cities by more than 220 km.

Gadkari also said that the expressway would be extended to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) instead of ending at Thane District.

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The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be India's flagship expressway with a 120kmph speed limit. It would substantially cut down distance between two major cities and pave way for a more concrete connect by road.

Gadkari announced that road works worth around Rs 7,000 crore had been approved for Maharashtra.

¡°The annual plan for national highway works in Maharashtra was approved for Rs 2,727 crore. I got it enhanced to Rs 5,801 crore, which will improve and develop 1,035 km of national highways in the state," he was quoted as saying by Times of India.

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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is planning to complete the 1.350 stretch of the expressway by 2023. Th construction of the highway has picked up after it had to be halted during the lockdown last year.

The project is one of the parts of the Bharatmala Pariyojna Phase-1 program. State-run NHAI has formed a special purpose vehicle - DME Development - for financing, construction and operation of the Delhi-Mumbai 'Greenfield' Expressway.

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The NHAI's wholly-owned SPV is aimed at diversifying the developer's "resource base and developing a sustainable and self liquidating approach to raise finances".

NHAI is implementing about 28,000 km of highways under 'Bharatmala Pariyojna' Phase-1, and the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is one of the flagship corridors.

It will be an 8-laned expressway with a provision to be expanded into 12-lanes if need be in the future.

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