Delhi-Jaipur Highway
Govt plans e-highway to minimise travel time between Delhi-Jaipur to 2 hrs
Dausa/IBNS: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said the travelling time between Delhi to Jaipur can be reduced to just two hours as the government is in talks with a foreign company to construct an electric highway between the two cities, according to media reports.
Gadkari was at Dausa, in Rajasthan, to review the progress of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (DME), which is expected to halve commute time between the national capital and the financial hub from nearly 24 hours to 12 hours.
“It is my dream to build an electric highway from Delhi to Jaipur. It is still a proposed project. We are in discussion with a foreign company,” he said while addressing the media at Dausa and Bundi, Gadkari was quoted as saying in a report in the media.
Like electric railway engines, buses and trucks will also be powered by electricity, he said and plans are in progress to make Delhi-Jaipur e-highway too. "Electric vehicles shall run on this highway saving money and checking pollution."
Gadkari said as a transport minister he has taken a resolution to end the use of petrol and diesel in the country.
The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be accessible from Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat.
In Rajasthan, 374 km of road is to be constructed under this eight-lane expressway at a cost of Rs 16,600 crore, for which the work has been awarded.
This expressway will bolster the development in the districts of Alwar, Bharatpur, Dausa, Sawai Madhopur, Tonk, Bundi and Kota.
It will act as a catalyst in socio-economic transformation by developing farmers, tribals, and youngsters.
In Ranthambore and Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve, the expressway will be constructed like an elevated corridor so that the animals living in the sanctuary to prevent human-wildlife conflict.
The 1,350 km long Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is being constructed under the Bharat Mala project at a spending of Rs 90,000 crore and a deadline of January 2023 has been set for its completion.
Gadkari also said the traffic rules can be changed for this highway to allow a maximum speed of around 100 km per hour as the road will have no animals or men walking on it.
The longest highway in India will be laced with several facilities like food corners, electric charging facilities and the government plans to showcase Rajasthan handloom and the local cuisines, he said.
He added that the youths in Rajasthan can get ample opportunities if the state government plans logistics, industrial cluster, smart city, etc, along the expressway.
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