Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport, stated that five greenfield access control expressways are being built, with one connecting Delhi and Mumbai expected to be nearly completed in December.
Once the road is operational, he predicted that it will take 12 hours to travel the distance between the financial capital and the national capital.
“The expressway between Delhi and Mumbai would be almost complete in December. With this, the distance between the two cities can be covered in 12 hours”, he said while addressing a function after inaugurating a 2.82-km-long tunnel road between Rewa and Sidhi worth Rs 1,004 crore.
He also inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of seven road projects worth Rs 2443.89 crore.
