Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said the first phase of Delhi-Mumbai Express Highway from Delhi to JNPT will be completed this year itself.
“My plan is to connect Nariman Point to Delhi making it a 12-hour journey,” Gadkari said.
Speaking about the achievements of the Road and Transport Ministry, the Union Minister said “I was pained to know that around one crore people in the country were driving cycle-rickshaw”.
He added that 80 lakh people among them are driving E-rickshaws today. “400 start-ups in the country are making electric scooters, e-rickshaws etc.”
Sharing details of environment-friendly, recycling initiatives in the country, the Union Minister said that nothing is waste and with the use of appropriate technology, we can convert waste into wealth.
