Delhi Mumbai Expressway: Nitin Gadkari shares pictures of Vadodara-Virar section

Stunning views from Vadodara – Virar Section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. Limiting the distance for prosperous India. #PragatiKaHighway #GatiShakti

PC- @cbdhage pic.twitter.com/BPnU6eCZwt

— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) January 21, 2023

The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will cover states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. It will improve the connectivity to economic hubs like Jaipur, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Kota, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Bhopal, Ujjain, Indore, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat bringing economic prosperity to millions. The expressway will feature a spur to Jewar Airport and Jawaharlal Nehru Port to Mumbai through a spur in Mumbai.

The work on the project was started in 2018 with the foundation stone being laid on March 9, 2019. The Ministry of Finance announced that the expressway would be built at a capital cost of Rs 101,420 crore.

While the tolls that will be levied on the expressway are not decided, Gadkari had said in December last year, “If you want good services, you have to pay for it. If one wants to conduct a programme in an air-conditioned hall, one will have to pay “kiraya”(rent). Otherwise, a wedding can be conducted in a “maidan” (field) for free as well.”

Key features of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

• The eight-lane access-controlled expressway can be expanded to a 12-lane expressway depending on the volume of traffic.
• The expressway will have wayside amenities – resorts, restaurants, food courts, fuel stations, facilities for truckers, logistics parks.
• A helicopter ambulance service for accident victims and a heliport, which will use drone services for business as well.
• Over two million trees and shrubs are planned to be planted along the highway.
• The expressway will also include two iconic 8-lane tunnels, one tunneling through Mukundra sanctuary and the second 4 km eight-lane tunnel will pass through the Matheran eco-sensitive zone.
• More than 12 lakh tonnes of steel will be consumed in the construction of the expressway, which is equivalent to building 50 Howrah bridges.
• The project has also created employment for thousands of trained civil engineers and more than 50 lakh man days of work.