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New Delhi. The network of expressways is increasing in the country. This is the reason why people prefer to travel by road instead of train apart from long distances. There is good news for such people. Drivers will soon be able to drive fast on 9 expressways including Delhi-Dehradun, Delhi-Amritsar, Kanpur-Lucknow. The date of their completion has also been decided. See if the expressway passing through your area is also included in this list!
A total of 21 Greenfield Expressways are currently being built across the country by the Ministry of Road Transport. Their total length is 8288 km. All these expressways have started being built in 2022. Nine of these expressways will be completed by March next year. Their length is 2777 km. The Ministry of Road Transport has revised the deadlines for all the expressways under construction.
These expressways will be ready soon
Ahmedabad-Dholera, Bengaluru-Chennai, Delhi-Amritsar-Katra, Kanpur-Lucknow, Ambala Kotputli (ready), Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam, UR Second, Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun and Nagpur-Vijayawada, Kota-Ujjain-Indore will be ready by March 2024.
These are 21 expressways
Delhi-Mumbai, Ahmedabad-Dholera, Bengaluru-Chennai, Delhi-Amritsar-Katra, Kanpur-Lucknow, Ambala Kotputli, Amritsar-Jamnagar, Raipur-Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam, UR Second, Chittor Thachur, Bengaluru Ring Road, Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun, Durg Raipur-Arang, Surat-Nashik-Ahmedabad Solapur, Solapur-Kurnool-Chennai, Indore-Hyderabad, Kota-Indore, Bengaluru-Vijayawada, Varanasi-Ranchi-Kolkata and Nagpur-Vijayawada expressways are under construction.
Vehicles will start running on all expressways by 2026
According to the Ministry of Road Transport, the Bengaluru-Vijayawada and Varanasi-Ranchi-Kolkata expressways will be completed by 2026-27. The rest of the expressways will be completed by 2025-26.
Reason for delay
The construction of some of these expressways is running late. According to the Road Transport Ministry, delays in construction are due to delays in land acquisition, approval from the Environment and Forest Department, contractor revenue problems or other unforeseen events. All these nine expressways will be completed on time.
