Rajasthan: Three of family die as truck rams them on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway
May 12, 2024, 09:48 AM ISTThe incident took place when the family was travelling from Ahmedabad to Haridwar. The injured have been admitted to the hospital.
The incident took place when the family was travelling from Ahmedabad to Haridwar. The injured have been admitted to the hospital.
In order to help improve traffic flow and ease congestion between Delhi and Gurugram on NH-48, the Prime Minister inaugurated the Haryana section of the landmark Dwarka Expressway.
The traffic police have suggested alternative routes for commuters, including those going to Delhi, with the diversion being planned given an event in adjoining Bulandshahr district.
The expressway between Bengaluru and Chennai is being constructed in three phases. The entire length of the project is 262-km. Once completed, the expressway will reduce travel time between two capital cities significantly.
A portion of the flyover collapsed and damaged a crane machine used at the site.
Bengaluru Chennai Expressway: Earlier, in July, Nitin Gadkari said that central government has set a provisional target for the construction of about 13,800 kilometre National Highways (NHs) in 2023-24.Against the set target for the year, 2250 km has already been constructed till June 2023, he said.
Rolls Royce accident: "He was in the Rolls Royce car but he was not driving, his driver was driving the car. They were going to Jaipur and three people were there in the car on August 22 (Tuesday)," he said when asked whether Vikas Malu was driving the car or not.
Earlier in the month, a political row erupted on the CAG report which flagged the high cost of construction of the Dwarka Expressway.
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway updates: The travel time between the two cities will be reduced to 12 hours with the completion of the Expressway from the present 24 hours, said Anurag Jain, the newly-appointed secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Ministry.
The Amritsar-Jamnagar expressway will connect the towns of Amritsar, Bhatinda, Sangaria, Bikaner, Sanchore, Samakhiyali and Jamnagar across the four states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
This accomplishment highlights the dedication and ingenuity of India's road infrastructure industry. I extend my congratulations to the exceptional teams of Cube Highways, L&T, and Ghaziabad Aligarh Expressway Pvt Ltd (GAEPL) for their outstanding achievement, said Nitin Gadkari.
The expressway has been constructed by dividing it into four packages, in which 10.01 km area has been kept in two areas in the Delhi region and 18.9 km area in Haryana region has also been kept in two areas.
This highway will serve as a primary route for traffic flow between Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, and will improve the connectivity of North/East Delhi with Noida and Ghaziabad, the Union Minister informed.
Taking to Twitter, Nitin Gadkari wrote, "Under the Bharatmala Pariyojana initiative, a new Greenfield Corridor Project is underway in the state of Tamil Nadu. This involves the development of a Double Tier 4-lane Elevated Corridor from Chennai Port to Maduravoyal."
The Delhi-Dehradun Expressway will be finished by the end of 2023; 8 animal underpasses will be created to keep wildlife safe on the NH.
The condition of roads in UP was not good before the year 2014. After the Narendra Modi government came to power, National Highway has increased from 7,643 km to 13,000 km in the state, Nitin Gadkari said.
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway inauguration: It will pass through six states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra and connect major cities like- Kota, Indore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Vadodara and Surat.
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said the first completed portion of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, which was built at a cost of more than Rs 12,150 crore, will significantly promote the economic growth of the entire region.
Delhi-Mumbai expressway will connect the urban centres of Delhi through the Delhi-Faridabad-Sohna section of the corridor along with a spur to Jewar Airport and Jawaharlal Nehru Port to Mumbai through a spur in Mumbai.
The expressway between Delhi and Mumbai would be almost complete in December. With this, the distance between the two cities can be covered in 12 hours, Nitin Gadkari said.
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