Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 246-km Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan’s Dausa on Sunday.
The new stretch is expected to cut short the travel time from the national capital to Jaipur by one and a half hours. The total cost incurred by the government on the construction of the expressway is around Rs 12,000 crore.The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will pass through six states: Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra. It will connect major cities like Kota, Indore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Vadodara and Surat.
The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be India’s longest expressway at 1,386 km. It will reduce travel distance between Delhi and Mumbai by 12 per cent, from 1,424 km to 1,242 km, while the travel time will be cut by 50 per cent, from the current 24 hours to 12 hours, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said.
The Expressway will also serve 93 PM Gati Shakti Economic Nodes, 13 ports, 8 major airports and 8 multi-modal logistics parks (MMLPs) along with spurs to new upcoming greenfield airports such as Jewar Airport, Navi Mumbai Airport and JNPT port.
