August 2, 2024: Union minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, has said that the revised completion date for the 1,380-km Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project is October 2025. The physical progress of the project work is 82% and a cumulative length of 1,136 km has been constructed. The ministry has taken up construction of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway including spurs in 53 packages covering 1,386 km length. As of June 2024, a total of 26 packages have been completed, he said.
The expressway corridor will offer connectivity to major economic centres in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra. According to the DPR, the impact includes reduction in distance from Delhi to JNPT by about 180 km and reduction in travel time of upto 50% to connected destinations, Gadkari said.
On February 20, 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 86-km Vadodara-Bharuch section of the Delhi-Mumbai expressway. The Delhi Mumbai expressway is a greenfield expressway developed at the cost of Rs 98,000 crore and will pass through five states. It is being constructed in four sections with a total of 52 construction packages.
How will the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project benefit the region?
Besides enabling smooth connectivity between Delhi, Mumbai and other key cities, the upcoming expressway is expected to transform the real estate landscape along the corridor. The emergence of townships, business parks and logistics parks has created new opportunities for investment. The project has led to a significant increase in property prices. The infrastructure project is playing a key role in the economic growth of the region, resulting in creation of new jobs. This has attracted several home seekers around the region, generating an increased demand for residential properties. Moreover, several prominent developers have come up with new residential projects along the expressway.
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