[VIDEO] The very impressive Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project

[MenInG]

On Monday, industrialist Anand Mahindra said that the Delhi-Mumbai expressway is the "most critical artery of India's economic highway". The expressway will cover a distance of 1,450 km and it will reduce the travelling time between Delhi-Mumbai to 12 hours.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the expressway's Sohna-Dausa stretch on Saturday. The Sohna (Haryana)-Dausa (Rajasthan) stretch is the first leg of the new Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.

The Chairman of Mahindra Group shared Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari's post on Twitter and appreciated his work. He wrote, "This is going to be the most critical artery of India's economic highway. Cutting down transit times on such vital connectivity links will boost our GDP growth rates in immeasurable ways. Can't wait to glide down it... Well done and thank you, Nitin Gadkari."

The video was originally posted by Nitin Gadkari. "Covering a distance of 1,450 km, the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is a true example of world-class highway construction. Lessening the travel time by half, it accelerates economical exercises in two major cities," he tweeted.

At nearly 1,450 kilometres, Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be India's longest expressway and will reduce travel time between Delhi and Mumbai from 24 hours to 12 hours.

It is likely to be completed by March 2023 and is being built as part of the first phase of the 'Bharatmala Pariyojana'.

The eight-lane expressway, expandable to 12 lanes, will cover Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.

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[MenInG]

Watched the video and unless this is an elaborate scam, this would be an amazing project to complete.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Watched the video and unless this is an elaborate scam, this would be an amazing project to complete.

It is not a scam. It's a real project.

 

[JaDed]

Watched the video and unless this is an elaborate scam, this would be an amazing project to complete.

Mahindras , Ambanis and Tatas usually complete their projects.. tbf even Adanis do but lol we know how they prop up their value.

Many are super excited about this project, let’s see when it opens..

 

[LongHorn]

Impressive! Will it be passing through any other major cities?

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Looks very impressive- while the designers, project managers and foreman etc be Indian?

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Mahindras , Ambanis and Tatas usually complete their projects.. tbf even Adanis do but lol we know how they prop up their value.

Many are super excited about this project, let’s see when it opens..

Delhi to Jaipur in 2 hours now.

 

[JaDed]

Delhi to Jaipur in 2 hours now.

Yeah, I was already impressed by the Delhi Dehradun distance last time.. while it’s definitely not like first world but man so much better than 2000s..

 

[ElRaja]

so if my maths is correct thats around Rs 1000 for one trip end to end? that's very good value unless my maths has let me donw.

 

[JaDed]

Looks very impressive- while the designers, project managers and foreman etc be Indian?

Majority are but machines are not.. also it’s like 50ish companies that were given the tender for.. depending upon states…

 

[pillionrider]

Gadkari is the only capable person in this BJP government and someone who's actually been doing some work.

The video had to end though with the most useless PM to ever complete a full term. The PMO has stalled so many of Gadkari's works as Modi's threatened by him, so it's hilarious that he's there at the end to take credit as usual.

 

[JaDed]

Gadkari is the only capable person in this BJP government and someone who's actually been doing some work.

The video had to end though with the most useless PM to ever complete a full term. The PMO has stalled so many of Gadkari's works as Modi's threatened by him, so it's hilarious that he's there at the end to take credit as usual.

Everyone knows this..Gadkari and Sushma actually did visible work, Sushma giving away passport office to TCS transformed the hell out of it, it was a drag in 2000s worst office ever , it was super streamlined after she took over but I don’t know how it is now that she passed away.

Also both were somewhat sidelined by RSS

 

[pillionrider]

Everyone knows this.

I don't think so. Many people think that the man who sleeps for only 2 hours and whose face is on the COVID vaccine certificate did everything including inventing the vaccine.

Also both were somewhat sidelined by RSS

Gadkari actually seems to be the RSS' preferred man. But Modi has been too big, thus far, electorally.

 

[Champ_Pal]

I hope they include the cities of Bangalore-Chennai and Hyderabad in the future. All major cities must be connected by similar expressways.

 

[RajBan]

I hope they include the cities of Bangalore-Chennai and Hyderabad in the future. All major cities must be connected by similar expressways.

Thats the plan

 

[RajBan]

Gadkari is the only capable person in this BJP government and someone who's actually been doing some work.

The video had to end though with the most useless PM to ever complete a full term. The PMO has stalled so many of Gadkari's works as Modi's threatened by him, so it's hilarious that he's there at the end to take credit as usual.

Jaishankar is pretty good and acknowledged across the political spectrum both domestically and internationally.

Vaishnaw is doing a decent job in Tech and Railways. Scindia is fine on aviation. I will say the government has a better team in terms of execution but we don't necessarily need to agree with their politics.

 

[Romali_rotti]

On Monday, industrialist Anand Mahindra said that the Delhi-Mumbai expressway is the "most critical artery of India's economic highway". The expressway will cover a distance of 1,450 km and it will reduce the travelling time between Delhi-Mumbai to 12 hours.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the expressway's Sohna-Dausa stretch on Saturday. The Sohna (Haryana)-Dausa (Rajasthan) stretch is the first leg of the new Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.

The Chairman of Mahindra Group shared Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari's post on Twitter and appreciated his work. He wrote, "This is going to be the most critical artery of India's economic highway. Cutting down transit times on such vital connectivity links will boost our GDP growth rates in immeasurable ways. Can't wait to glide down it... Well done and thank you, Nitin Gadkari."

The video was originally posted by Nitin Gadkari. "Covering a distance of 1,450 km, the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is a true example of world-class highway construction. Lessening the travel time by half, it accelerates economical exercises in two major cities," he tweeted.

At nearly 1,450 kilometres, Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be India's longest expressway and will reduce travel time between Delhi and Mumbai from 24 hours to 12 hours.

It is likely to be completed by March 2023 and is being built as part of the first phase of the 'Bharatmala Pariyojana'.

The eight-lane expressway, expandable to 12 lanes, will cover Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.

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If they can pull it off properly then all power to them.

But

It's India, and you have to take into consideration all the scam, corruptions etc that could happen, I would be worried about any bridge constructions that maybe involved...

 

[Ahmad-GERMANFC]

It is not a scam. It's a real project.

Mahindras , Ambanis and Tatas usually complete their projects.. tbf even Adanis do but lol we know how they prop up their value.

Many are super excited about this project, let’s see when it opens..

Is there an actual need for this? I thought indias rail connectivity was really good.

Might be good for transporting goods and cargo tho

 

[Buffet]

Is there an actual need for this? I thought indias rail connectivity was really good.

Might be good for transporting goods and cargo tho

India needs 10 times of this. BY 10 times, I meant in many other connecting hubs. Infrastructure is lagging big time in India. It has improved, but not at level where infrastructure is not hampering development and growth. Majority of companies investing from outside will increase their investment in India if infrastructure gets better.

Rail connectively is decent, but even there India was behind in building dedicated network for cargo. It has now done to some extent, but with such a dense population India needs all kinds of connectivity. Not exactly the same, but like in japan , you may think that such a great connectivity with train, but still A380 gets used as shuttle between cities.

 

[pillionrider]

Jaishankar is pretty good and acknowledged across the political spectrum both domestically and internationally.

Vaishnaw is doing a decent job in Tech and Railways. Scindia is fine on aviation. I will say the government has a better team in terms of execution but we don't necessarily need to agree with their politics.

Jaishankar is only fit for being featured in swag videos made by the IT cell. Diplomats have consistently been reported as saying he embarrasses their negotiations.

Scindia was rewarded for leaving the Congress with another IT cell video during the Ukraine crisis. It was portrayed as if he'd flown a special mission himself dodging missiles to bring back Indians home safely ) Do you remember the videos of the actual real Indians from Ukraine trying to explain how poor the government had been, only for the Godi media to either cut them off on air or shoo them away from the camera.

I googled Ashwini Vaishnaw but saw some Modi-style photo events, so am not holding much hope out for him. But will look deeper into his work.

But the thing that stood out for me is that you accepted that Modi has done nothing on his own and cited a few people in his government that you believe are useful

 

[RajBan]

Jaishankar is only fit for being featured in swag videos made by the IT cell. Diplomats have consistently been reported as saying he embarrasses their negotiations.

Scindia was rewarded for leaving the Congress with another IT cell video during the Ukraine crisis. It was portrayed as if he'd flown a special mission himself dodging missiles to bring back Indians home safely ) Do you remember the videos of the actual real Indians from Ukraine trying to explain how poor the government had been, only for the Godi media to either cut them off on air or shoo them away from the camera.

I googled Ashwini Vaishnaw but saw some Modi-style photo events, so am not holding much hope out for him. But will look deeper into his work.

But the thing that stood out for me is that you accepted that Modi has done nothing on his own and cited a few people in his government that you believe are useful

Always the success is dependent on the team. If the team is not strong, then the performance won't be there.

On topic of Jaishankar, I do follow international foreign policy very closely so I know what I talked about. It's ok to oppose the government on political lines, does not make sense to blindly do it.

 

[JaDed]

Is there an actual need for this? I thought indias rail connectivity was really good.

Might be good for transporting goods and cargo tho

It’s a definite necessity, BJP 2004’s only achievement was highways which changed the tier 2 cities , and this was a massive need for other states.

For migration to stop to these cities , these connections play a huge role for movement of goods and also expansion of them.

 

[IndoorCricket]

India needs 10 times of this. BY 10 times, I meant in many other connecting hubs. Infrastructure is lagging big time in India. It has improved, but not at level where infrastructure is not hampering development and growth. Majority of companies investing from outside will increase their investment in India if infrastructure gets better.

Rail connectively is decent, but even there India was behind in building dedicated network for cargo. It has now done to some extent, but with such a dense population India needs all kinds of connectivity. Not exactly the same, but like in japan , you may think that such a great connectivity with train, but still A380 gets used as shuttle between cities.

I think India has a 1,00,000 crore budget this time for railways. Already Vande Bharath trains making strides with high class comfort.

 

[happydavy]

I think India has a 1,00,000 crore budget this time for railways. Already Vande Bharath trains making strides with high class comfort.

Vande Bharat trains are an absolute delight. For those of us who grew up in 90s, we used to watch such trains in SRK movies in Zurich. I took the VB train once and these trains are quite remarkable in terms of comfort and modern amenities and completely made in India. Perhaps one of the biggest accomplishments of railways.

 

[happydavy]

Jaishankar is only fit for being featured in swag videos made by the IT cell. Diplomats have consistently been reported as saying he embarrasses their negotiations.

Scindia was rewarded for leaving the Congress with another IT cell video during the Ukraine crisis. It was portrayed as if he'd flown a special mission himself dodging missiles to bring back Indians home safely ) Do you remember the videos of the actual real Indians from Ukraine trying to explain how poor the government had been, only for the Godi media to either cut them off on air or shoo them away from the camera.

I googled Ashwini Vaishnaw but saw some Modi-style photo events, so am not holding much hope out for him. But will look deeper into his work.

But the thing that stood out for me is that you accepted that Modi has done nothing on his own and cited a few people in his government that you believe are useful

Yea right, diplomats are probably complaining to you about Jaishankar?

 

[happydavy]

Watched the video and unless this is an elaborate scam, this would be an amazing project to complete.

It indeed is, one could say 10 years too late but the expressway has the capacity to have a small economy around it considering it passes through many states and important cities. Post Covid, travel and vacation culture has grown up significantly and thus this expressway would see a lot of tourists travellers. I have personally invested in a startup opening smart food courts along this expressway.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

It indeed is, one could say 10 years too late but the expressway has the capacity to have a small economy around it considering it passes through many states and important cities. Post Covid, travel and vacation culture has grown up significantly and thus this expressway would see a lot of tourists travellers. I have personally invested in a startup opening smart food courts along this expressway.

That's a good investment. You are going to make lots of money.

 

[uppercut]

Gadkari is the only capable person in this BJP government and someone who's actually been doing some work.

The video had to end though with the most useless PM to ever complete a full term. The PMO has stalled so many of Gadkari's works as Modi's threatened by him, so it's hilarious that he's there at the end to take credit as usual.

Amit Shah, Ajit Doval have done nothing between them in the last 8+ yrs for National security according to you?

 

[pillionrider]

Amit Shah, Ajit Doval have done nothing between them in the last 8+ yrs for National security according to you?

You are aware that China has taken our land right?

All our neighbours who used to be friendly with us are hostile to us. Except for Sri Lanka who turned recently.

 

[pillionrider]

Also Modiji went to eat some biryani and soon after, Pathankot happened. Pulwama attack. An officer captured. For the first time in history, we came off worse against Pakistan. How much more humiliation do you need proof of?

We lost CT final and the WC streak after this clown took over. Yeah, he is just horrible not just for national security but national prestige

Happy?

 

[uppercut]

You are aware that China has taken our land right?

Thats a legacy of decades of idiotic Nehruvian policies that cannot be undone in a matter of few yrs ... the current govt does its best to manage the situation without burdening the country. Its not like we have lost 100s of square km of fertile land .... and is negligible compared to what was lost during Congress ERA. While any loss of territory is a serious matter, the reality is that China is a rogue monster that was allowed to get to its current state due to gross negligence on the part of Congress to counter it militarily and economically for over 50 yrs despite 1962. If you expected a solution to the China issue in a small matter of 8 yrs then there can be no honest and meaningful discussion that can happen between us.

All our neighbours who used to be friendly with us are hostile to us. Except for Sri Lanka who turned recently.

Who do you include in the list of Neighbours ? is it only those with whom we share a border or the SE Asia region as a whole ?


And no mention of 370 and our policy on Pakistan ?

 

[uppercut]

Also Modiji went to eat some biryani and soon after, Pathankot happened. Pulwama attack. An officer captured. For the first time in history, we came off worse against Pakistan. How much more humiliation do you need proof of?

We lost CT final and the WC streak after this clown took over. Yeah, he is just horrible not just for national security but national prestige

Happy?

And here I thought I was discussing with a mature poster. NVM carry on.

 

[pillionrider]

Thats a legacy of decades of idiotic Nehruvian policies that cannot be undone in a matter of few yrs ... the current govt does its best to manage the situation without burdening the country. Its not like we have lost 100s of square km of fertile land .... and is negligible compared to what was lost during Congress ERA. While any loss of territory is a serious matter, the reality is that China is a rogue monster that was allowed to get to its current state due to gross negligence on the part of Congress to counter it militarily and economically for over 50 yrs despite 1962. If you expected a solution to the China issue in a small matter of 8 yrs then there can be no honest and meaningful discussion that can happen between us.

Who do you include in the list of Neighbours ? is it only those with whom we share a border or the SE Asia region as a whole ?

And no mention of 370 and our policy on Pakistan ?

8 years of power and still crying about Nehru. Let's concede for a moment that Nehru was a weakling. What did strongman Modi do? He pranced around the Chinese head at Mahabalipuram like a clown and what happened soon after? The Chinese realized this guy was only interested in photo events and didn't care a damn about national interest. The fact that Modi claimed India hasn't lost an inch is one of the most disastrous moves made by an Indian PM.

India has lost its presence in 26 of the 65 Patrolling Points (PP) in Eastern Ladakh, which were patrolled regularly by the Indian Security Forces, due to ‘restrictive or no patrolling’ by the forces, according to a research paper by a senior police officer.

The document was prepared by senior IPS officer P D Nitya, who is the Superintendent of Police (Leh-Ladakh).

“Presently there are 65 PPs starting from Karakoram pass to Chumur which are to be patrolled regularly by the ISFs. Out of 65 PPs, our presence is lost in 26 PPs; 5-17, 24-32, 37, 51, 52, 62 due to restrictive or no patrolling by the ISFs. Later on, China forces us to accept the fact that, as such areas have not seen the presence of ISFs or civilians since long, the Chinese were present in these areas. This leads to a shift in the border under the control of ISFs towards the Indian side and a “buffer zone” is created in all such pockets which ultimately leads to the loss of control over these areas by India. This tactic of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to grab land inch-by-inch is known as “Salami slicing”,” the report said.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ladakh-india-lost-presence-patrolling-points-china-8404008/

What policy on Pakistan? Modi ran to eat biryani and got humiliated in return. We then shot down our own people. The worst performance in an India-Pakistan conflict is his crowning achievement. Terrorism in Kashmir was on the wane before this clown took over. Look at the state of the Pandits now.

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[MenInG]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Sohna-Dausa stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Dausa today. The 246-kilometre stretch will benefit people travelling from Delhi to Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, who will now have an alternate and shorter route where travel time will be reduced by over an hour -- from five hours to around three and a half hours. It is also expected to boost economic opportunities in the entire region.

The PM will address a public gathering in Dausa's Dhanawar village, in eastern Rajasthan, which is a 'Gujjar-Meena belt' -- two strong rival communities that dominate the region and form a crucial vote bank. Their votes had in the last election tilted considerably towards the Congress, helping the party defeat rival BJP.

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi's pan-India foot march, Bharat Jodo Yatra, recently crossed this part of the state. The BJP is hoping the PM's visit, and the inauguration of this big infrastructure project, will boost the BJP's ratings in this area ahead of the Assembly elections, to be held later this year.

Gujjars, who constitute around 9 to twelve percent of the population, are significant in 40 to 50 assembly seats in eastern Rajasthan. They have in the past launched violent protests for reservation and had recently threatened to block Rahul Gandhi's entry into the state. In the last elections, the grand old party got a majority of the community's vote, in the hope that Sachin Pilot would be made Chief Minister, a first for the Gujjars. Lately, though, Congress has had a rebel crisis at hand, with Mr Pilot openly at loggerheads with Ashok Gehlot, even as the BJP, and the PM himself, are ramping up outreach to the community.

Tribals form 13.48% of Rajasthan's population, with the Meenas being a majority. They have traditionally been Congress voters, but BJP's Kirodi Lal Meena, a heavyweight of the community, is trying to firm up a base for his party in the electorally significant community. Mr Meena is a five time MLA, two time Lok Sabha MP, and a current member of the Rajya Sabha.

Both national parties were recently seen ramping up their outreach to the Gujjar community, with PM Modi visiting Malaseri in Rajasthan's Bhilwara on the 1111th birth anniversary of Bhagwan Dev Narayan, a folk deity revered by the Gujjar community, and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot declaring a state holiday, just ahead of the PM's visit, to honour the deity.

The PM is today expected to appeal to voters from both communities.

The first leg of India's longest expressway will open to the public right ahead of a hectic election year.

The grand expressway promises to bring down travel time from the national capital to its financial hub, Mumbai, by half, to just 12 hours.

Eight-lane-wide and nearly 1,400 kms long, it is being built at a staggering cost of over one lakh crore rupees.

The ambitious project, which aims to connect five key states of India, from Gujarat to Maharashtra, is envisioned as an engineering marvel.

With wayside amenities ranging from charging stations for electric vehicle, helipads, trauma centres, and dedicated lanes for electric vehicles, it is also Asia's first highway to have animal overpasses and wildlife crossings.

It also has SOS stations every two kms to seek assistance in case of accident or other emergencies.

The opening of the Sohna-Dausa stretch will connect Haryana's Gurugram, Sohna, Nooh, Mewat, and Rajasthan's Alwar, and Dausa, to the mega expressway.

The Delhi-Dausa stretch has eight entry and exit points.

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[PakLFC]

How long will it take to travel from Delhi to Mumbai by road?

 

[SportsWarrior]

How long will it take to travel from Delhi to Mumbai by road?

Right now it is around 24 hours. When we drove few years back it was around 26 hours, but that was due to us driving pretty slowly during night and early hours. This express highway is supposed to reduce it to around 12 hours. Considering how Samrudhi Mahamarg (Mumbai Nagpur 650+KM experssway) seems to have reduced commute time considerably i don't see why this won't..

 

[Local.Dada]

Also both were somewhat sidelined by RSS

RSS doesn’t have such power.

Yes RSS support can make or break BJP leaders but not like the way you think.

RSS has value because it has street power. Most if not all BJP worker on the ground have links to an RSS background and there is cross over but they are separate entities.

The only way RSS can bring down someone from BJP is if they refuse to do all the ground work during elections campaigns etc like they did with Vajpayee when they took the foot of the gas for whatever reason over confidence or maybe revolt against the individual.

We ourselves say these things and our friends here think RSS has some bearded Hindu/RSS version of Ayotollah calling all the shots to the government.

Right now the decision making good or bad stops with Modi and BJP leadership. RSS doesn’t have a say in such matters.

Despite the constant RSS jibes at me, I am not a card carrying member like people suggest, I am telling you what I heard from people actively in politics

 

[PakLFC]

Right now it is around 24 hours. When we drove few years back it was around 26 hours, but that was due to us driving pretty slowly during night and early hours. This express highway is supposed to reduce it to around 12 hours. Considering how Samrudhi Mahamarg (Mumbai Nagpur 650+KM experssway) seems to have reduced commute time considerably i don't see why this won't..

Phew!. Better to take the flight then instead of being stuck in a vehicle for so long. So 24 subtract 12 = 12, even that is too long for me.

 

[SalimBhai]

who is paying for this? india itself or foreign aid?

 

[RajBan]

who is paying for this? india itself or foreign aid?

Usually these are in public private partnership in India, not sure about this one. But assuming these are funded by non governmental entities there will be toll taxes collected to compensate the private investment and for maintaining the expressway. Typically that's how most of the infra is meant to be maintained here.

 

[SalimBhai]

Usually these are in public private partnership in India, not sure about this one. But assuming these are funded by non governmental entities there will be toll taxes collected to compensate the private investment and for maintaining the expressway. Typically that's how most of the infra is meant to be maintained here.

No free money or loan from Japan or korea? That’s good

 

[RajBan]

No free money or loan from Japan or korea? That’s good

Nah. That used to happen till few years back but in last two decades successive governments has taken conscious decisions to eliminate grants wherever possible. India still has lot of poverty when compared to China or Asean but hopefully we will be able to eliminate it further and bring them in middle class band in next decade or so.

 

[Technics 1210]

Investing in roads in a country of over a billion is not really a wise investment. Plus these door to door times are theoretical based on the top speed and no traffic!

Better off spending money developing interconnecting cities via rail-roads.

 

[SalimBhai]

I am sure commercial aspect will also use this road to move product.

 

[RajBan]

Investing in roads in a country of over a billion is not really a wise investment. Plus these door to door times are theoretical based on the top speed and no traffic!

Better off spending money developing interconnecting cities via rail-roads.

That has been started as well. A revamped rail corridor that can run the trains around 180-200 kn/hr speed by 2025-26.

The road will however help to boost business growth and logistics movement in that entire stretch.

 

[SportsWarrior]

Phew!. Better to take the flight then instead of being stuck in a vehicle for so long. So 24 subtract 12 = 12, even that is too long for me.

12 to 14 hours is fine. Have driven length and breadth of US and it's fine here. In india I have from South all the way to ladhak and it was manageable a decade back. With improved highways you can certainly drive 10 to 12 hours comfortably. Anyway you will be taking breaks. It's not like you are driving all the time

 

[SportsWarrior]

Investing in roads in a country of over a billion is not really a wise investment. Plus these door to door times are theoretical based on the top speed and no traffic!

Better off spending money developing interconnecting cities via rail-roads.

India has the world's second most used rail network https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rail_usage. It is also being improved a lot in the last few years.

 

[SportsWarrior]

I am sure commercial aspect will also use this road to move product.

Yeah, obviously not just for passenger traffic. Lots of commercial vehicles will also use it. In india a lot of fright is also moved by railways. There is a separate railway fright corridor which is also under construction and partially operational called Western dedicated fright corridor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Dedicated_Freight_Corrido. This is expected to take up a major portion of fright movement between Delhi and Mumbai

 

[SportsWarrior]

Yeah, obviously not just for passenger traffic. Lots of commercial vehicles will also use it. In india a lot of fright is also moved by railways. There is a separate railway fright corridor which is also under construction and partially operational called Western dedicated fright corridor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Dedicated_Freight_Corrido. This is expected to take up a major portion of fright movement between Delhi and Mumbai

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Dedicated_Freight_Corridor

 

[SportsWarrior]

who is paying for this? india itself or foreign aid?

They have created a separate special purpose vehicle (SPV) for raising funds under NHAI (National highway authority of India). SPV raises debts and recovers using tolls and other commercial developments. I think it cost approximately around $12.5 billion and expected to generate around $1.5 in tolls alone every year. Have to see whether it happens or not. Here are the sources

https://www.magicbricks.com/blog/delhi-mumbai-expressway/127408.html

https://www.business-standard.com/a...00-cr-every-month-gadkari-121091900196_1.html

 

[MenInG]

New Delhi: The construction work of the 212-km Delhi-Dehradun access-controlled expressway, being built at a cost of ₹ 12,000 crore, will be complete by the end of December this year, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday.

The road transport and highways minister further said that 60-70 per cent construction work of the greenfield six-lane Delhi-Dehradun expressway has been completed.

"People will be travelling from Delhi to Dehradun in just two hours and Delhi to Haridwar in 90 minutes as the construction work of the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway will be complete by the end of December this year," Mr Gadkari said while addressing Fifth Ayodhya Parv.

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