Good news for Bengaluru – Mumbai people, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said the central government is planning to build an expressway between Bengaluru and Mumbai that will reduce travel time between the two cities to five hours. Green expressway Highway: Now travel Bengaluru to Mumbai in 5 hours.
He also said this expressway will be connected to the Mumbai-Pune expressway. Addressing an event on Monday, Gadkari said, “We are planning a green express highway between Mumbai and Bengaluru. It will be a five-hour journey between the tech capital and the financial capital.
The travel time between Bengaluru and Pune will also reduce to 3.5 to 4 hours, once this expressway comes to the use.” The road distance between Bengaluru and Mumbai is 981km and currently it takes around 12 to 15 hours to travel between these two cities.
Earlier, Gadkari had announced an expressway between Bengaluru and Chennai which will help commuters to travel between the two cities in two hours. He said, “India will have 26 new green expressways in the next three years and this will reduce the travel time for people choosing roadways.
Bengaluru-Chennai expressway is one of them and it is going to help commuters to reach their cities (Chennai or Bengaluru) in just two hours. I would like to reiterate that our roads are going to be no less than the roads of America in the coming future.”
Once the new green expressway starts operating, it will end up cutting the 5 to 6 hours of Chennai to Bengaluru travel time to just 2 hours. Reports also reveal that the road is installed with enhanced traffic safety devices and modern traffic devices. According to media report, six private companies are handling the construction of this expressway in south India.
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And the best part is, the expressway isn’t just going to cut short the travel time but will also create numerous employment opportunities. As per reports, the construction of this new green expressway will create permanent employment for around 3,000 people and almost 90,000 people will have temporary employment.
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