The 80 kilometer long section on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway originating from Kota and Bundi in Rajasthan has been opened. This has reduced both travel time and distance.
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: Crores of people of the country are waiting for the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway to be fully operational. Different sections of this 1350 km long expressway are gradually being opened to the general public. In this episode, an 80 km long section of the expressway coming from Kota and Bundi in Rajasthan has been opened. It goes from Gopalpura to Laban. The special thing is that with the opening of this section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, this 80 km route will be completed in just 50 minutes. Earlier it used to take one and a half hours to complete the journey here and through Kota this distance used to be 100 km.
But, with the opening of this section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, both distance and time have been reduced. The distance has been reduced by 20 km and travel time by 50 minutes. A special tunnel is being built on this section. Let us tell you about the progress of the construction work of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway going on in Rajasthan.
7 and a half hour journey in just 5 hours
The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is already open from Chechat to Mumbai and now it has also opened towards Delhi. However, one will have to wait for 2 more months to travel from Kota to Delhi via this expressway. Because, work is going on on package number 10 between Labanam to Sawai Madhopur. According to the DB report, lining, repairing and finishing work is still pending on this route.
The special thing is that after the completion of this 28 km route, one can reach Delhi from Kota in less time. Currently, the travel time is 7 and a half hours which will be reduced to just 5 hours in future. The biggest 8 lane tunnel on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is also being built between Kota and Dara. The length of this tunnel is about 5 km. 70 percent of its construction work has been completed and it will be ready in October next year.