New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday go to Rajasthan`s Dausa district to inaugurate the Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot part of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. PM Modi may also lay the muse stone and dedicate it to nationwide highway improvement initiatives price over Rs 18,100 crore.
“Prime Minister`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. One such important project is Delhi Mumbai Expressway, whose first completed section, Delhi – Dausa – Lalsot, will be dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister,” the Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) stated in an announcement.
The 246 km Delhi – Dausa – Lalsot part of the Delhi Mumbai Expressway has been developed at a value of greater than Rs 12,150 crore. This operationalization of this part will scale back the journey time from Delhi to Jaipur from 5 hours to round 3.5 hours and supply a significant enhance to the financial improvement of the complete area.
Delhi Mumbai Expressway might be India`s longest expressway with a size of 1,386 km. It will scale back journey distance between Delhi and Mumbai by 12 per cent from 1,424 km to 1,242 Km and journey time might be lowered by 50 per cent from 24 hours to 12 hours. It will go via six states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra and join main cities like Kota, Indore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Vadodara and Surat.
The Expressway may also serve 93 PM Gati Shakti Economic Nodes, 13 ports, 8 main airports and eight multi-modal logistics parks (MMLPs) together with spurs to new upcoming greenfield airports comparable to Jewar Airport, Navi Mumbai Airport and JNPT port.
The Expressway can have a catalytic affect in the developmental trajectory of all adjoining areas, thus contributing in a significant means in the financial transformation of the nation.
During the programme, Prime Minister may also lay the muse stone of 247 kilometres of National Highway initiatives to be developed on the price of greater than Rs 5940 crore. This features a 67 km lengthy four-lane spur highway from Bandikui to Jaipur to be developed at a value of greater than Rs 2000 crore, a six-lane spur highway from Kotputli to Baraodaneo, to be developed at a value of about Rs 3775 crore and a two-lane paved shoulder of Lalsot – Karoli part, being developed at a value of about Rs 150 crore.Â
