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Delhi-Dehradun expressway: In a major replace, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday mentioned that the Delhi-Dehradun expressway might be accomplished throughout the subsequent three months. The expressway is predicted to scale back journey time between the 2 cities to 2 hours. At the moment, the journey time between the 2 cities is 5 to 6 hours. Talking on the ‘Occasions Community India Financial Conclave 2024’, Gadkari mentioned the Delhi-Dehradun freeway challenge has two packages.
“A Rs 10,000 crore challenge has been accepted for Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj, extending to Faridabad. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ready to inaugurate the challenge throughout the subsequent 15-20 days,” Gadkari mentioned.
Key particulars about Delhi-Dehradun expressway
The challenge, additionally referred to as the Delhi-Dehradun elevated expressway, is predicted to learn the residents of Dehradun, Haridwar, Rishikesh and the vacationers and devotees coming to Uttarakhand for the Char Dham yatra. Based on the Nationwide Highways Authority of India, as many as 7,575 timber have been felled on a virtually 16-km-long part of the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway and over 1.76 lakh are to be planted in compensation for it.
Of the felled timber on the Ganeshpur-Dehradun part of the challenge, 4,983 had been in Uttarakhand, whereas 2,592 had been in Uttar Pradesh, the NHAI mentioned in response to a question filed below provisions of the Proper To Data (RTI) Act. Based on the compensatory afforestation scheme submitted by the forest departments of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, 1,76,050 timber are to be planted by them to make up for the felling of seven,575 timber, the NHAI mentioned.
36 inexperienced specific highways in pipeline
Talking on the occasion, Gadkari mentioned that his ministry is engaged on 36 inexperienced specific highways, which is able to assist scale back the logistics prices within the nation. “India’s logistics value is 14-16 per cent in comparison with 8 per cent in China and 12 per cent within the US and European Union. We purpose to deliver this right down to 9 per cent in two years,” he mentioned. Based on the minister, it will push India’s exports by 1.5 occasions and assist us change into extra aggressive.
(With PTI inputs)
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