PM having a roadshow on the inauguration to the first phase of Delhi-Meerut Expressway

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today on 27th May 2018 inaugurated the first phase of Delhi-Meerut Expressway. The first National Highway in the country with 14 lanes, the Delhi-Meerut Expressway includes 6-lane Expressway and 4+4 Service lanes from Nizamuddin Bridge in Delhi to UP Border.
The cost of the only first phase of Delhi-Meerut Expressway is Rs 842 crore on building the 9-km stretch of the 14-lane highway. The total cost of the project on completion would be Rs 7,500 crore
The Prime Minister also conducted his roadshow from the Nizamuddin Bridge and traveled 6 km in an open jeep, waving at crowds gathered on either side of the highway. Road Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari also rode in a separate open car alongside Modi. The prime minister then few to Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh to inaugurate the much-awaited Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), built at a cost of Rs 11,000 crore. The 135-kilometer EPE is India’s first smart and green highway and has been completed in a record 500 days, said Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
The total length of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway project is 82 km, of which the first 27.74 km will have 14 lanes, while the rest will be a six-lane expressway.
The EPE will connect Kundli with Palwal via Sonepat, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad. The completion of the entire expressway will reduce the travel time from Delhi to Meerut to 45 minutes, from the current four hours, Gadkari said.

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