Planned along highways: optical fiber, electricity lines, gas pipelines, solar, warehousing units
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stones for Rs.5,940 crore 247-km of National Highway projects on 12 Feb 2023.
The new projects include Rs.2,000 crore 67-km long four-lane spur road from Bandikui to Jaipur, a Rs.3,775 crore six-lane spur road from Kotputli to Baraodaneo and Rs.150 crore two-lane paved shoulder of Lalsot-Karoli section.
He also dedicated the Rs.12,150 crore 246-km Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot section of the Delhi Mumbai Expressway to the nation.
The Prime Minister stated that when investments are made in highways, railways, ports, airports, optical fibers, digital connectivity, construction of pucca houses and colleges, every section of the society gets empowered.
Speaking about the projects, the Prime Minister said that one of them will give Jaipur direct connectivity with the expressway.
The second project will connect the expressway with Ambala-Kotputli corridor near Alwar. This will help vehicles coming from Haryana, Punjab, Himachal and Jammu Kashmir to travel to Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Lalsot Karoli road will also connect the region with the Expressway.
The Prime Minister informed that arrangements have been made to lay optical fiber, electricity lines and gas pipelines, while plans are to set up solar energy as well as warehousing units.
The 246 km Delhi–Dausa–Lalsot section of the Delhi Mumbai Expressway will reduce the travel time from Delhi to Jaipur from 5 hours to around 3.5 hours and provide a major boost to the economic development of the entire region.
The 1,386-km Delhi Mumbai Expressway will be India’s longest expressway, reducing the travel distance between Delhi and Mumbai by 12% from 1,424 km to 1,242 km and travel time will be reduced by 50% from 24 hrs to 12 hrs.
It will pass through six states – Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra and connect major cities like Kota, Indore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Vadodara and Surat.
The Expressway will also serve 93 PM Gati Shakti Economic Nodes, 13 Ports, 8 Major Airports and 8 multi-modal logistics parks (MMLPs) along with spurs to new upcoming greenfield airports such as Jewar Airport, Navi Mumbai Airport and JNPT port.
The Expressway will have a catalytic impact on the developmental trajectory of all adjoining regions, thus contributing in a major way to the economic transformation of the country. fiinews.com
