OVERVIEW
- In India, it will be the world’s largest expressway.
- On September 17, 2021, the union minister for transport, road, and highways announced that the world’s largest highway in India will be Delhi Mumbai express highway.
- By March 2022 the project is expected to be completed.
- On September 17, on the second day of the two-day aerial survey, after inspecting the Bharuch section of the expressway, Gadkari made this announcement.
- The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will have India’s first 8-lane bridge that is being built across the Narmada River near Bharuch, Gujarat, tweeted Gadkari.
- It will be 1,380-km long and 8-lane wide.
- It will be travel up to Jawaharlal Nehru trust (JNPT) whereas, the government is planning up to Nariman point.
- 98,000 crores will be the cost of developing the expressway.
- It will run through Gujarat (426 km), Rajasthan (373 km), Madhya Pradesh (244 km), Maharashtra (171 km), Haryana (129 km), and Delhi (9 km).
- It will comprise of wayside amenities across 93 places that will include all the facilities.
- This expressway will also be the first in India to have helipads and fully equipped trauma centers.
- As an environment-friendly expressway, it will have a green cover with 2 million trees.
- At every 500 meters, it will have a drip irrigation system.
- The expressway will connect the urban centers of Delhi through the Delhi-Faridabad-Sohna section to Jewar Airport and Jawaharlal Nehru Port to Mumbai.
- The expressway will also connect with several other expressways such as Delhi-Noida Direct Flyway (DND) in Delhi, Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway in Gujarat, Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway (KMP) in Haryana, and Mumbai-Pune Expressway, and Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway.
- It will be the first expressway to have wildlife corridors.
