Expressway to cut Mumbai-Delhi distance by over 220 km.
Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that the Mumbai-Delhi Greenfield expressway would be extended to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) instead of ending at Thane district.
The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be India's flagship expressway with a 120kmph speed limit. It will cut the distance between Mumbai and Delhi by over 220 km. Gadkari announced that road works worth around Rs 7,000 crore had been approved for the state.
According to the Union Minister “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,”
Reconstruction of five major bridges and 10 minor bridges will be done at a cost of Rs 429 crore. Projects worth Rs 1,800 crore under the Central Road Fund have been sanctioned, said Gadkari.
He was speaking at the Sahyadri state guest house after a meeting with chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. Revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat and urban development minister Eknath Shinde were present.
Gadkari said the state government will partner in the Mumbai-Delhi expressway construction by means of GST exemption and a royalty-free supply of steel and cement, which will be considered as state government equity in the project.
Gadkari also announced a new highway that will link north and south India.
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