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Govt to complete 3 of 22 expressways, green corridors in next three years: Gadkari
Jan-27-2020

In a major development in terms of construction and completion of expressways and green corridors, the road transport and highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the government plans to complete three of the 22 expressways and green corridors in the next three years, including the flagship Delhi Mumbai Expressway being built at a new alignment. He said about Delhi Mumbai Expressway, greenfield alignment has been selected to avoid habitation and optimise cost of land acquisition.

Gadkari said ‘we will complete the flagship Delhi Mumbai Express Highway in the next three years. The work will be done in 51 packages and work has already been started on 18. This will be India's longest expressway at 1,320 km and will reduce travel time between Delhi and Mumbai from 24 hours to 13 hours.’ These 22 projects comprising 7,500 km of greenfield expressways and corridors are planned to be completed by FY25 at a cost of Rs 3.10 trillion.

Of the projects, six are 2,250 km expressways to be built at a cost of Rs 1.45 trillion. The remaining 16 are greenfield corridors, including 5,250 km projects to be constructed at a cost of Rs 1.65 trillion Besides Delhi Mumbai Expressway. The minister said the trans-Rajasthan and trans-Haryana projects will be completed within the next three years.

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