Delhi-Mumbai Expressway to be completed by october 2025- Nitin Gadkari!

Good news for Delhi-Mumbai commuters: India's longest greenway expressway, the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, will be completed by october 2025, we learned in parliament on Wednesday. Union Road Transport and Highways minister nitin gadkari, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, said that the ministry has taken steps to construct the 1,386 km Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in 53 packages.

"As of june 2024, a total of 26 sets have been completed so far," Gadkari said. Gadkari said that the construction progress of the project is 82 percent complete and a total length of 1,136 km has been constructed so far.

"The already scheduled completion date has been revised to be completed by october 2025," he said. The expressway provides quick connectivity to major economic hubs in delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra.

According to the Detailed Project Report (DPR), the project involves shortening the distance from delhi to jawaharlal nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in mumbai by about 180 km and reducing the travel time between the connected points by up to 50 percent. Responding to another question in parliament, Gadkari said that as of june 30, 2024, a total of 983 toll booths were operational on national highways.

Police here on sunday said they have beefed up security on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway after a car allegedly rammed into some kanwariyas walking on the road.

Ghaziabad police Commissioner ajay Kumar Mishra said that arrangements have been made to block the entry of vehicles on the road from Khadrabad village in Modinagar to every entry gate of ghaziabad district from meerut Road Junction, Mohan Nagar, Loni Road, Link Road and Dilshad Estate on the UP-Delhi border.

“In order to implement this transport scheme, the civil and traffic police will be extra vigilant. At the evacuation point, volunteers from the area's civil societies will assist the police. And they will immediately report any untoward activity in the area,” Misra said.