Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

H1: About Delhi-Mumbai Expressway:

It will be India’s longest expressway with a length of 1,386 km.
This expressway will reduce the travel distance between Delhi and Mumbai by 12 percent from 1,424 km to 1,242 km.
Travel time between Delhi Mumbai will be reduced from 24 hours to 12 hours.
It is being built at an estimated cost of Rs 98,000 crore by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
The expressway 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.
Features:
- It is an 8-lane access-controlled Greenfield Expressway with scope for future expansion upto 12-lane expressway.
- It is the first expressway in Asia and only the second in the world to feature animal overpasses to facilitate unrestricted movement of wildlife.
- It is the first expressway that is developed with a 21-meter median on principles of forgiving highways allowing inward expansion.
- The expressway facilitates Rain Water Harvesting in 500m interval at over 2,000 plus water recharge points.
- It will also have an automated traffic management system.