Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first phase of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway and travelled six kilometre in an open jeep on Sunday.
The Prime Minister's road show commenced from the Nizamuddin Bridge, the start of the about 9 km first leg of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway. He will fly to Baghpat for dedicating the EPE to the nation.
The project, built at a cost of Rs 841 crore has vertical gardens with solar system on the Yamuna Bridge on this expressway.
WATCH: PM Narendra Modi holds road show after inauguration of first phase of Delhi-Meerut Expressway. Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Mansukh Mandaviya also present pic.twitter.com/K1OB5krvua
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This is the first bridge in the country/world that have vertical gardens with solar power system and drip irrigation. Beautiful lighting system has also been developed on the major structures.
A cycle track of 2.5 metre wide has also been constructed on both the sides of this expressway, which also has provision of 1.5 metre footpath on each side for pedestrians.
The first package of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway will provide a major relief to the commuters in Delhi-Noida and starts from Nizamuddin Bridge to UP Border having a 6 lane Expressway and 4+4 lane Highway.
On completion of the entire expressway the time to travel from Delhi to Meerut will reduce to 45 minutes from the present about 4-5 hours.
The scheduled time period for the construction of this project was 30 months whereas the project has been completed in 17 months.