Delhi- Mumbai New Green Highway Alignment To Start Soon

New Delhi, April 17: The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari today announced the development of a new highway alignment between Delhi and Mumbai.

The decision to set up a green highway between the National Capital and Nation’s financial hub Mumbai is a historic one and would set new horizons in the field of infrastructure. The to-be-constructed Highway would help development of the backward areas of six states, said Shri Gadkari, while addressing the media at Transport Bhavan.

Once constructed, it would not only save time, but it would also cut fuel costs. This highway would reduce the distance between the two destinations by 130 kms.  The route en way of the new highway would be Delhi-Haryana-Rajasthan-Madhya Pradesh-Gujarat and finally Mumbai. The average cost for land acquisition under this project would be Rs 7 crore per ha and this would help save the central government corpus funds upto 16-20 thousand crores.

The Minister also disclosed plans for a Chambal Expressway which would be connected to this Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, and is likely to benefit states like Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, where the backward areas will also shine like Gurugram.

Tender Process Ready: Execution of Works to start within a month

Expressway is being developed in five packages. While three packages have already been awarded, the work on the Expressway, work is likely to start in a month’s time, informed Gadkari. The road between Vadodara in Gujarat and Mumbai on the proposed Delhi-Mumbai Green Highway will be completed in five packages and the tendering process has been completed. The structure of this route has also been chalked out and the works would commence this year.

Route Plan for Delhi-Mumbai Highway

The new green highway will be started from the existing Delhi-Mumbai highway. Subsequently, it would connect Haryana to Rajasthan, from Jaipur Ring Road to Alwar, then to Sawai Madhopur, Madhya Pradesh and Vadodara in Gujarat. It would reach Mumbai via Thane reducing a total distance travel by 130 kms.  Monitoring Units would be installed at various junctions to keep a vigil on the entry-exit of vehicles passing through.  The four wheelers will have to keep an average speed of 125kms, where as the trucks would ply with a minimum speed of 80 km per hour.  No check posts, markets or any commercial activity would be carried out on this highway, informed Gadkari.