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Delhi-Mumbai Expressway passes via backward areas to bring development

The new Delhi-Mumbai Expressway passes through backward areas to give priority to the development of socially, economically and educationally backward districts, Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said here on Sunday. The minister was addressing the inauguration ceremony of the first phase of the highway in Dausa. He also said the government is making every effort to take the road infrastructure of the country to a level at par with America by the end of 2024. "We will try to make India's highways at par with America's," Gadkari said. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has talked about making India self-reliant and especially the infrastructure of international standards, which he has repeatedly put in front of us as a goal. We believe that before the end of 2024, under the guidance of the prime minister, we will try our best to make India's road infrastructure at par with America," the Union minister said. "It was the dream of Prime Minister Modi that development of social

PM to visit Rajasthan's Dausa to inaugurate part of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Rajasthan's Dausa district to inaugurate the Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

PM Modi to inaugurate first section of Delhi-Mumbai expressway on Sunday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 246-km Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway on Sunday, with the new stretch set to reduce the travel time from the national capital to Jaipur from five hours to around three and a half hours. Developed at a cost of more than Rs 12,150 crore, this first completed section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will provide a major boost to the economic development of the entire region, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said. Modi will launch road development projects worth more than Rs 18,100 crore from Dausa and will visit Karnataka on Monday to inaugurate the 14th edition of Aero India 2023 at the Air Force Station, Yelahanka in Bengaluru. The PMO said Modi's emphasis on the building of excellent road infrastructure as an engine of growth, development and connectivity in "New India" is being realised by the construction of a number of ongoing world class expressways across the country. The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be

PM to inaugurate Sohna-Dausa stretch of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway on Feb 12

The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will reduce the travel time between Delhi and Jaipur to about two hours

Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway to be inaugurated next month: Nitin Gadkari

Gadkari also conducted an aerial inspection of the 118-km long 10-lane highway being built at a cost of Rs 4,473 crore

Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway will be ready by March 2024: Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway would be ready by next year. A 52-km of greenfield alignment is also part of the project. The cost of the project is Rs 9,000 crore, the Minister told reporters here. He said a new greenfield project- Bengaluru to Chennai Expressway at a cost of Rs 17,000 crore - would be ready by March 2024. "By February 2023, the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway Project will be completed. I saw some work pending on the stretch. We will invite either Prime Minister Narendra Modi or President Droupadi Murmu," Gadkari said. The Minister was on a whirlwind tour of Bengaluru and inspected some of the National Highway projects before interacting with journalists. According to him, the Bengaluru-Mysuru corridor is a 10-lane project wherein four lanes two lanes on either sides - have been proposd for the villages and towns attached to the highway while six lanes would lead directly to Mysuru from ...

PM Modi inaugurates Phase-I of Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg in Nagpur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Phase-I of Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, covering a distance of 520 Kms and connecting Nagpur and Shirdi

PM Modi to inaugurate Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway on Dec 11

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway here on December 11, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday. The prime minister will inaugurate the completed stretch from Nagpur to Shirdi, while the remaining stretch of the expressway will be finished in the next six months, he said. The 'Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg' is a six-lane access-controlled highway. It is the second expressway in the state after Mumbai-Pune Expressway. "It is a matter of joy and pride for us that PM Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Expressway. He will inaugurate the 500-km stretch from Nagpur to Shirdi, which has been completed, and the remaining stretch will be completed in six months," the deputy chief minister said. A new economic corridor will come up on the expressway route, and 14 districts will be integrated and connected to the port through this expressway, he ...

UP acquires 95% of land for 595-km Ganga Expressway mega project

The mega project is estimated to be commissioned in November 2025

Nepal awards key expressway project near Indian border to Chinese company

The Nepal Army, which is overseeing the project, issued a letter of intent to the Chinese firm last week

4 killed, 42 injured as bus meets with accident on Agra-Lucknow Expressway

As many as four people including a seven-year-old girl were killed and 42 others were injured after a sleeper bus in which they were traveling met with an accident on Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district on Sunday.All the injured have been admitted to Saifai's PGI Hospital for treatment."A sleeper bus en route to Ajmer from Gorakhpur with passengers met with an accident on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway under Saifai PS. 4 people were killed & about 42 who are seriously injured have been admitted to Saifai's PGI Hospital," said Additional District Magistrate (ADM).At around 2:30 am today, the sleeper bus en route to Ajmer from Gorakhpur met with an accident."At around, 2:30 am the sleeper bus collided with the truck. The bus hit the truck from behind. Four people including a seven-year-old girl died in the accident, Two bus drivers and two passengers are among the deceased. All the injured are admitted to the hospital," said Jay Prakash Singh, Superintendent of

Gurugram-Jaipur stretch of Delhi-Mumbai expressway to be completed by Nov

After the completion of the project, the travel time from Gurugram to Jaipur will be reduced to two and a half hours

Adani Enterprises secures funds to build Ganga Expressway at Rs 23,000 cr

The company has secured debt worth Rs 10,238 crore and will make a capital infusion of Rs 6,826 crore

Portion of flyover on Gurugram-Jaipur Expressway damaged: Officials

A portion of a flyover on the Gurugram-Jaipur Expressway fell on the road below on Sunday after cracks appeared in it, officials said.

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Expressways pave the way for Uttar Pradesh's trillion-dollar dream

UP accounts for nearly 38 per cent of the total expressway network in the country

Agnipath: 15 held, 225 booked for violence, blocking expressway near Noida

"The road was blocked by some chaotic elements, protesting in unison and pelting stones. A private bus parked on the road was vandalized, eight policemen and a bus driver were injured

IRB Infra arm achieves financial closure for Rs 6,538-cr project in UP

A consortium of lenders extended financial support of Rs 2,659 crore for the six-lane greenfield expressway corridor of 129.700 km (expandable to eight lanes) between Meerut and Budaun in UP

Gadkari announces Rs 10,000 cr expressway project between Aurangabad-Pune

Gadkari said an access- controlled expressway will be constructed between Aurangabad and Pune at a cost of Rs 10,000 crore to considerably reduce the travel time between the two Maharashtra cities

Delhi-Mumbai, other key expressways to be completed by December: Gadkari

Earlier, the minister had reportedly said the govt plans to increase the speed of construction to 50 km per day