The new Delhi-Mumbai Expressway passes through backward areas to give priority to the development of socially, economically and educationally backward districts, Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said here on Sunday.
The minister was addressing the inauguration ceremony of the first phase of the highway in Dausa.
He also said the government is making every effort to take the road infrastructure of the country to a level at par with America by the end of 2024. “We will try to make India’s highways at par with America’s,” Gadkari said.
