To decongest Delhi-NCR and with the continuous increase in high-speed traffic along with problems of traffic jams and rising levels of pollution, the project of Delhi-Meerut Expressway has been constructed at a cost of Rs 8,346 crore in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Gadkari said, out of total length of the project, 350 km has already been constructed and works for construction of 825 km is in progress.
The video shows, the car was crushed between two trucks and all three occupants of the car died on the spot.
Purvanchal Expressway, an ambitious project in Uttar Pradesh to improve the road infrastructure, connecting major cities, will be operational by August 2021 as 95 per cent of work has been completed while the remaining will be done in the current month.
The expressway will pass through 10 districts - Thane, Nashik, Ahmednagar, Jalna, Aurangabad, Buldhana, Washim, Amravati, Wardha and Nagpur, besides giving connectivity at strategic points to another 24 districts of the state's total 36 districts.
The funding is a crucial milestone for the project as it validates the financial viability of the project while also outlining the next steps for the establishment of the Noida International Airport.
The first pier of the elevated section of the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System in the city has been completed near the upcoming New Ashok Nagar RRTS station, the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) said in a statement on Friday.
A group of farmers protesting against the central farm laws on Friday staged a demonstration at the Jewar toll plaza at Yamuna Expressway
A group of farmers protesting against the central farm laws on Friday staged a demonstration at the Jewar toll plaza at Yamuna Expressway
A two-seater training aircraft made an emergency landing on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura on Thursday, with two people onboard. According to officials, the vehicle had developed a technical snag following which the incident occurred.
Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Navdeep Singh Virk on Friday said elaborate arrangements were in place to maintain peace and order, prevent any kind of violence and facilitate traffic movement and public transport on the expressway.
Delhi-Meerut Expressway will open for the public on April 1. The expressway will cut the travel time between the two cities from two hours to about 50 minutes.
Commenting on the incident, police said the injured workers have been rushed to the hospital for treatment.
There will be four FASTag lanes, two on either side of these three toll plazas, they said. The 165-km-long expressway that connects Noida and Agra is managed by Jaypee Infratech Limited (JIL) and has three toll plazas – Jewar, Mathura and Agra – on the route.
Tens of thousands of farmers have been camping at the various borders of Delhi, including Ghazipur, Tikri and Singhu to protest against the three farm laws. In these 100 days, the farmers have braved harsh weather conditions, but remained firm on their demands.
Farmers will block the Western Peripheral Expressway or Kundli–Manesar–Palwal (KMP) Expressway on March 6 as their agitation against the farm laws completes 100 days.
Social activist Yogendra Yadav, who has taken active participation in the ongoing farm stir, on Tuesday announced the blocking of an expressway on March 6 when the protest enters into Day 100.
"Seven persons including two women died after an oil tanker collided with the car they were travelling in on Yamuna Expressway," Mathura senior superintendent of police Gaurav Grover said.
At least five people killed and five others were injured in a massive collision between multiple vehicles on Mumbai - Pune Expressway near Khopoli in the Raigarh district of Maharashtra on Monday night.
Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will ease the current load of heavy traffic on Pune-Mumbai Expressway, once the under-construction greenfield expressway is operational.
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