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Delhi-Mumbai Expressway Nation

JOURNEY FROM DELHI TO JAIPUR WILL TAKE ABOUT THREE AND A HALF HOURS FOUNDATION STONE

The 246-km-long Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway
n FOR 247 KM LONG
has been developed at a cost of over Rs 12,150 crore. NATIONAL HIGHWAY
With the completion of this section, the travel time between Delhi and Jaipur PROJECTS LAID
n
will be reduced from five to three and a half hour.
The opening of this section will boost the economic development
n Prime Minister Narendra
of the entire region. Modi also laid the
foundation stone for
THE DELHI-MUMBAI EXPRESSWAY IS 1,386 KILOMETRES LONG 247-km-long National
Highway projects to
n With a total length of 1,386 kilometres, the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be be developed at a cost
India's longest expressway. of over Rs 5940 crore
n With its construction, the travel distance between Delhi and Mumbai will be during his programme.
reduced by 12 percent, and the length of the road will be reduced from This includes a 67-km,
1,424 km to 1,242 km. four-lane minor road
n Travel time will also be reduced by 50 percent. Where earlier it used to take 24 from Bandikui to Jaipur
hours, now it will take 12 hours. to be developed at a

n This expressway will pass through six states: Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, cost of more than Rs
Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra, and will connect major cities 2,000 crore, a six-lane
like Kota, Indore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Vadodara, and Surat. minor road from Kotputli
n The expressway will also facilitate 93 PM GatiShakti Economic Notes, 13 to Bada Odanio to be
seaports, eight major airports and eight multi-modal logistics parks. developed at a cost of
n Apart from this, greenfield infrastructure like Jewar Airport, Navi Mumbai Rs 3,775 crore, and a
Airport, and JNPT Port will also benefit. two-lane paved shoulder
on the Lalsot-Karauli
n This expressway will have a decisive positive impact on the development section to be developed
direction of all the surrounding areas. In this way, its important contribution at a cost of Rs 150 crore.
in the economic transformation of the country will be ensured.

Rs 10 lakh crore for infrastructure," Prime Minister basic mantra for the development of Rajasthan and
Narendra Modi said. This is a fivefold increase the country," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
over 2014. Rajasthan, its villages, and poor and We are creating an able, capable, and prosperous
middle-class families will benefit greatly from this India by adhering to this basic mantra." In Dausa,
investment. In Rajasthan, more than 50,000 crores Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the
of rupees have been allocated for the highway in foundation stone and inaugurated road projects
recent years. "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas is our worth over Rs 18,100 crore.

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