Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday said his ministry has expedited projects that will reduce travel time on Bengaluru-Chennai and Benglauru-Mumbai routes besides fast tracking the satellite township ring road (STRR).
He was speaking to reporters at the end of a two-day event organised to enhance cooperation and knowledge sharing between the Centre and the states. “The Pune-Bengaluru is a greenfield highway. In Pune, it will connect with the existing expressway to Mumbai. The distance between Mumbai and Bengaluru will be reduced by 7 per cent and travel time will be cut to 6 hours. The Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway will reduce the travel time between the two cities to 2 hours,” he added.
