Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Sohna-Dausa section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway on February 12, 2023. The expressway is expected to reduce the travel time between Delhi and Jaipur by about two hours. At present, the Jaipur-Delhi journey via Gurgaon takes around 4-5 hours, covering a distance of 250 km. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari recently said that the Sohna-Dausa section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be inaugurated by the end of January, and will reduce the travel time between Delhi and Jaipur to around two hours. hours.
Gadkari further said that before the end of 2024, the road infrastructure in India will be at par with 2024. hours,” said the Minister for Road Transport and Highways.
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Now Honorable PM Mr. @Narendra Modi Ji will inaugurate the Sohna-Dausa section #Delhi_Mumbai_Expressway On 12 February. https://t.co/RrNb9WrcHq– Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) January 30, 2023
He did not give any further details. The distance between Delhi and Jaipur is approximately 270 km. The Sohna (Haryana)-Dausa (Rajasthan) section is the first phase of the New Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. About 1,390 km long, the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be India’s longest expressway and will reduce the travel time between Delhi and Mumbai from 24 hours to 12 hours.
It is likely to be completed by March 2023 and is being built as part of the first phase of the ‘Bharatmala Project’. The eight-lane expressway, expandable to 12 lanes covering Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, is expected to reduce the travel time between the national capital and the country’s financial hub from about 24 hours to 12 hours.
with inputs from agencies