Delhi -Mumbai express way

2. INTRODUCTION
• DELHI MUMBAI EXPRESSWAY IS A VISIONARY PROJECT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA THAT WILL
CONNECT THE TWO BIGGEST FINANCIAL HUBS OF THE COUNTRY, I.E. NATIONAL CAPITAL OF NEW DELHI
AND THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF INDIA, MUMBAI.
• THE DELHI MUMBAI EXPRESSWAY ROUTE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTAINED BY NHAI
(NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA). THE DELHI MUMBAI EXPRESSWAY PROJECT IS
ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 2023, REDUCING THE TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN DELHI AND
MUMBAI FROM 24 TO 12 HOURS.

3. ROUTE MAP
• THE MUMBAI DELHI EXPRESSWAY ROUTE WILL PASS THROUGH FIVE STATES, INCLUDING HARYANA (129
KM), RAJASTHAN (373 KM), MADHYA PRADESH (244 KM), GUJARAT (426 KM) AND MAHARASHTRA(171
KM). MORE THAN 15,000 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN USED ACROSS THESE FIVE STATES TO BUILD THE
DELHI TO MUMBAI EXPRESSWAY.
• THE DELHI MUMBAI EXPRESSWAY IS A 1350 KM EIGHT-LANE HIGHWAY.

4. KEY FACTS OF DELHI MUMBAI
EXPRESSWAY

5. DELHI MUMBAI EXPRESSWAY
CONSTRUCTION PHASES

6. SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDED IN DELHI TO
MUMBAI EXPRESSWAY
• ROADSIDE AMENITIES
• ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY
• ELECTRIC HIGHWAY SUPPORT
• WILDLIFE CROSSING

7. ROADSIDE AMENITIES
• THE DELHI MUMBAI EXPRESSWAY WILL HAVE NUMEROUS ROADSIDE AMENITIES AT AROUND 93 PLACES
THAT PROVIDE FACILITIES INCLUDING HOTELS, ATM, FOOD COURTS, SINGLE-BRAND FOOD STORES SUCH
AS BURGER KING, SUBWAY, MC DONALD’S, ETC., RETAIL SHOPS, FUEL STATIONS AS WELL AS CHARGING
STATIONS DESIGNED FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. THE MUMBAI TO DELHI EXPRESSWAY WILL BE THE FIRST
TO INCLUDE FULLY-EQUIPPED TRAUMA CENTRES AND HELIPADS AT EVERY 100 KM TO OFFER MEDICAL
HELP FOR PASSENGERS WHO SUFFER AN ACCIDENT.

8. ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY
• THE DELHI MUMBAI EXPRESSWAY WILL BE AN ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY ROUTE. THE EXPRESSWAY WILL
COVER SOMEWHERE AROUND 20 LAKH TREES. THESE TREES WILL BE WATERED USING THE DRIP
IRRIGATION. THE EXPRESSWAY IS ANTICIPATED TO CUT ABOUT 850 MILLION TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE
EMISSIONS VIA TREE PLANTATION

9. ELECTRIC HIGHWAY
• AS PER THE UNION MINISTRY, THERE IS A PLAN TO MAKE A STRETCH OF THE DELHI MUMBAI EXPRESSWAY
AS AN ELECTRIC HIGHWAY OR E-HIGHWAY. ON THIS EXPRESSWAY, BUSES AND TRUCKS CAN RUN AT A
SPEED OF 120 KM PER HOUR. 70%, AS HEAVY VEHICLES WILL USE ELECTRICITY AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR
DIESEL AS FUEL. THE DELHI MUMBAI EXPRESSWAY WILL ALSO HAVE FOUR DEDICATED LANES FOR ALL-
ELECTRIC VEHICLES THROUGH THE ENTIRE ROUTE OF THE EXPRESSWAY OUT OF EIGHT LANES.

10. WILDLIFE CROSSING
• THE EIGHT-LANE WIDE MUMBAI DELHI EXPRESSWAY WILL BE AROUND FIVE NATURAL WILDLIFE
CROSSINGS, INCLUDING MUKUNDARA NATIONAL PARK, RANTHAMBORE NATIONAL PARK, SARISKA TIGER
RESERVE, ON DIFFERENT STRETCHES WITH A COLLECTIVE LENGTH OF AROUND 2.5 KM.

13. REVENUE GENERATION
• THE UNION MINISTER FOR ROAD AND TRANSPORT, NITIN GADKARI, STATED THAT THE DELHI-MUMBAI
EXPRESSWAY WILL FETCH TOLL REVENUE OF UP TO 1,500 CRORES EVERY MONTH AND DESCRIBED THE
NEW EXPRESSWAY AS A “GOLD MINE” FOR GENERATING INCOME.

14. CONCLUSION – DELHI MUMBAI
EXPRESSWAY
• THE WORLD’S LONGEST EXPRESSWAY FROM DELHI TO MUMBAI IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSTRUCTED, A
DREAM PROJECT BY THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS. AN EIGHT-LANE WIDE
EXPRESSWAY THAT WILL BE EXPANDABLE TO TWELVE LANES WILL CONNECT INDIA’S NATIONAL CAPITAL
NEW DELHI WITH ITS FINANCIAL CAPITAL MUMBAI. THE PROJECT IS MAINTAINED BY THE NATIONAL
HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA (NHAI).

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