Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the first leg of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Dausa. While speaking at the event, Modi said that Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is magnificent picture of developing India.
Modi said that the Expressway will save time for people. We are making 'Samarth Bharat' by following 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas', he added.
The 246-km stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is expected to cut down the travel time from Delhi to Jaipur from five hours to around three and a half hours.
Investments on infrastructure brings further investments, said PM Modi.
The PM pressed the button of a remote to mark the opening of the Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot section.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Union MoS V K Singh, Union minister Gajendra Singh and other leaders were present on the stage at the function.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal khattar addressed the programme through a video link.
While Gehlot joined the programme from the chief minister's residence in Jaipur, Khattar addressed the programme from a function held in Nuh district.
India's longest
According to the PMO, Modi's emphasis on the building of excellent road infrastructure as an engine of growth, development and connectivity in "New India" is being realised by the construction of several ongoing world-class expressways across the country.
The ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, when materialized, is expected to reduce the travel time between the two main cities from 24 hours to 12 hours. At 1,386 km, the Expressway will bring down the distance between Delhi and Mumbai by 12 per cent, from 1,424 km to 1,242 km.
The expressway will pass through six states, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra and connect major cities like Kota, Indore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Vadodara and Surat.
It will also serve 93 PM Gati Shakti Economic Nodes, 13 ports, eight major airports and eight multi-modal logistics parks (MMLPs) along with spurs to new upcoming greenfield airports such as Jewar Airport, Navi Mumbai Airport and JNPT port.
