Nitin Gadkari Reviews Progress of India Longest Delhi-Mumbai Expressway
- Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari reviewed the progress of 1,380 kilometres long Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, being developed at a cost of Rs 98,000 crores.
- The eight-lane Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be covering the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi.
- Once completed, the expressway will be the longest expressway in India and reduce the travel time between Delhi and Mumbai to about 12.5 hours.
- The project is planned to be completed by March 2023.
- The Delhi-Mumbai expressway is also the first in Asia and only the second in the world to feature animal overpasses, to facilitate unrestricted movement of wildlife.