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INFRA | Delhi-Dehradun Expressway

Corridor of Progress, Nature and Culture

Delhi-Dehradun Expressway

Robust connectivity and better infrastructure not only boost trade but also make travel easier.
This leads to time saving, reduced fuel consumption, and lower pollution. On April 14, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a connectivity project that reflects a blend of progress,
nature and culture – the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor. This project will benefit people in
Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand for tourism. In its 26th year since formation, Uttarakhand
has achieved a major milestone with the inauguration of the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway.

he Dehradun-Delhi Expressway is more than Participation in the Winter Char
Tjust an economic corridor; it will make travel Dham Yatra has surged from 80,000
faster and more affordable. It will reduce expendi-
ture on petrol and diesel, lower passenger fares and in 2024 to over 150,000 in 2025.
freight costs, and generate increased employment
opportunities alongside boosting tourism. At the
same time, it is imperative to keep Uttarakhand, the noted that with the current government’s policies
‘Devbhoomi’ (Land of the Gods), clean and pristine. and the hard work of the people, the young state
It is the responsibility of both tourists and local continues to add new dimensions to its develop-
residents to protect these beautiful pilgrimage sites ment. “This expressway will give fresh momentum to
from plastic and waste. Only then can we preserve Uttarakhand’s growth,” asserted PM Modi. The Prime
the cleanliness and beauty of our sacred sites. Minister remarked that a nation’s future is written in
Reflecting on Uttarakhand’s journey as a state its roads, highways, expressways, airways, railways
entering its twenty-sixth year, the Prime Minister and waterways. Underlining the unprecedented
recalled his earlier declaration that the third decade pace of infrastructure development in the country,
of this century would be Uttarakhand’s decade. He he pointed out that while infrastructure spending

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