The Delhi-Dausa route has eight entry and exit points. With a top speed of 120 km/h for all vehicles, the highway can save around 300 million liters of fuel and 800 million kilograms of Co2 emissions annually.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the first phase of the ambitious, nearly 1,400-km Delhi-Mumbai Expressway at Dausa in Rajasthan. The 246-km Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot stretch of expressway will reduce travel time from Delhi to Jaipur from five hours to three-and-a-half hours. This is expected to boost economic opportunities across the region, NDTV reported.
Addressing a public gathering in Dhanawar village of Dausa in eastern Rajasthan, the Prime Minister said, “Studies show that investment in infrastructure generates more investment. He marked the opening by pressing a button on the remote. “Development of everyone with everyone Our mantra for the nation, we are following it to make ‘Samarth Bharat’,” the Prime Minister said, adding that the expressway is a “magnificent picture of a developing India”.
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of State VK Singh, Union Minister Gajendra Singh and other leaders were present on the platform.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar addressed the event through video link.
While Mr. Gehlot joined the program from the Chief Minister’s residence in Jaipur, Khattar addressed the program in Nuh district.
The first phase of India’s longest expressway opened to the public ahead of a busy election year. The grand expressway promises to halve the travel time from the national capital to the financial hub, Mumbai, to just 12 hours.
Eight lanes-wide and about 1,400 kilometers long, it is being constructed at a cost of over Rs. It can accommodate 12 lanes.
The ambitious project, which aims to connect five major states of India, from Gujarat to Maharashtra, is envisioned as an engineering marvel.
It is the first highway in Asia to have an animal overpass and a wildlife crossing, with facilities such as charging stations for electric vehicles, helipads, trauma centers and dedicated lanes for electric vehicles.
There are also SOS stations every two kilometers to seek help in case of accidents or other emergencies.
The opening of the Sohna-Dausa route will connect Haryana’s Gurugram, Sohna, Nooh, Mewat and Rajasthan’s Alwar and Dausa with the mega expressway.
The Delhi-Dausa route has eight entry and exit points. With a top speed of 120 km/h for all vehicles, the highway can save around 300 million liters of fuel and 800 million kilograms of Co2 emissions annually.
There are automatic toll booths all along the highway and the toll tax will be deducted only once – from the moment one enters the highway until the moment one exits. There is a toll tax of ₹70 for the 220 km Delhi-Jaipur journey, which comes to 35 paise per kilometre.
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