Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the first section of the ambitious, nearly 1,400-kilometer-long Delhi-Mumbai highway, on Sunday in Dausa, Rajasthan.
The expressway’s 246-kilometer section between Delhi and Jaipur will reduce the trip’s duration from five hours to roughly three and a half. Additionally, the entire region’s economic prospects are anticipated to improve.
“Studies show investment on infrastructure brings in further investments,” the PM said.
“Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas is our mantra for the nation, we are making ‘Samarth Bharat’ while following it,” the PM further said, adding that the expressway is “a magnificent picture of developing India”.
According to PM Modi, when the government invests in infrastructure projects like highways, ports, railroads, optical fibre, and medical colleges, it strengthens businesses like small retailers and factories.
After completing their assignment, folks who commute to Delhi for business can now return home in the evening, according to the PM, who also noted that rural haats are being created near the motorway so that local artists can sell their wares.
He asserted that the motorway will benefit cities like Jaipur and Ajmer as well as national parks like Sariska, Keoladeo, and Ranthambore. According to the prime minister, Rajasthan is already well-known for its tourism industry and the new infrastructure project would make it even more attractive.
On stage at the event Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of State V K Singh, and Union Minister Gajendra Singh were also present.
Ashok Gehlot, the chief minister of Rajasthan, and Manohar Lal Khattar, the chief minister of Haryana, both gave speeches during the programme through video link.
Gehlot joined the programme from the Chief Minister’s house in Jaipur, while Khattar delivered the speech from a gathering in the Nuh district.
Right before a busy election year, the first section of India’s longest motorway was made accessible to the general public. The magnificent road is expected to cut the distance between the nation’s capital and Mumbai, its financial centre, in half, to just 12 hours.
It is being constructed at an astounding cost of over one lakh crore rupees, is eight lanes wide, and is around 1,400 kilometres long. It can be expanded to hold 12 lanes.
