Delhi-Mumbai Expressway To Be Completed By October 2025, Says Nitin Gadkari

Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: In a matter of good news for Delhi-Mumbai commuters, the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, India’s longest Greenfield expressway, will be completed by October 2025, according to information presented to Parliament on Wednesday. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said the Ministry has taken up the construction of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway including spurs in 53 packages having a length of 1,386 km.
“As of June 2024, a total 26 packages have been completed,” Gadkari said.
According to him, the physical progress of the work is 82 per cent complete and a cumulative length of 1,136 km has been constructed.
“The revised scheduled completion date is October, 2025,” he said. The corridor provides connectivity to major economic centers within Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
As per the detailed project report (DPR), the impact includes reduction in distance from Delhi to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), in Mumbai by about 180 km and reduction in travel time of up to 50 per cent to the connected destinations. Replying to a separate question, Gadkari said as on June 30, 2024, there are a total of 983 user fee plazas functional on National Highways.
Traffic Curbs Imposed On Delhi-Meerut Expressway
Police here on Sunday said they have imposed traffic restrictions and beefed up security on the Delhi-Meerut expressway, a day after a car allegedly hit a few Kanwariyas walking on the road.
“Arrangements have been made to prevent entry of vehicle on the road from Kadrabad village of Modinagar to every entry point of Ghaziabad district to Meerut road trisection, Mohan nagar, Loni road, link road, UP-Delhi border up to Dilshad garden,” said Ghaziabad Commissioner of Police Ajay Kumar Mishra.
“To ensure this traffic plan, civil and traffic police will keep extra vigil. On the exit point of the mixed population, volunteers of civil societies of that area will help the police and inform any untoward activity in the area,” Mishra said.
On Saturday, enraged Kanwariyas, who were allegedly hit by a car, dragged out the driver from the vehicle and thrashed him. They also allegedly damaged the car. The car owner, identified as Naubahar Singh (40), a native of Muradnagar, was also in the vehicle when the incident occurred. The driver was driving the car allegedly in an inebriated state and on the wrong side, Mishra said.
The Kanwariyas later blocked the Delhi-Meerut expressway and created a ruckus, which resulted in a traffic jam.
(With inputs from agencies)