Work on Rs 44,000 crore Mumbai-Vadodara Expressway to commence in a month: Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said the construction work of Rs 44,000 crore Mumbai-Vadodara Expressway will begin in another one month, after which one can cover the distance between the two cities in less than three hours.
“In one month, we are going to inaugurate construction work of Mumbai-Vadodara Express Highway, which is coming up at a cost of Rs 44,000 crore. After this is constructed, the distance between Vadodara and Mumbai can be covered in 2.30-2.45 hours. It will also be access control expressway (for high speed driving),” Gadkari, minister of Road Transport and Highways, said.
The minister also said that the Rs 15,000-crore Easterly-Westerly Expressways will also be inaugurated in another two months.
“We will begin construction work on this in another one month,” he said, adding that work on Delhi-Meerut Expressway is also “on at fast pace.”
Gadkari was speaking at the 38th Transport Development Council (TDC) and Conference of State Transport Ministers being organised here by his ministry.
The minister said his government is also working to add twelve Expressway projects and has announced construction of additional 1.7 lakh kilometres out of 4 lakh kilometres National Highway planned to help decongest existing roads.
He urged state transport ministers present here to …read more