Delhi-Mumbai highway to cut travel distance by 280 km; to be ready in 3 years: Nitin Gadkari
New Delhi: Three years from now, you will be able to drive from Delhi to Mumbai in 12 hours with the construction of a new highway that will cut the travel distance on the route by 280 km, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. “We are building a highway worth Rs 1,03,000 crore between Delhi and Mumbai. I assure you that within three years from now, you will be able to drive to Mumbai from Delhi in your car and reach there within 12 hours,” the Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs said.
He said the land acquisition for the highway has been completed and 32 contracts out of 60 have already been awarded.
“The highway starts from Sohna near Gurugram and will cut the travel distance between Delhi and Mumbai by 280 km,” Gadkari said at a conference of Assocham.
