Delhi-Dehradun Expressway To Be Inaugurated In Next 15 To 20 Days Says Nitin Gadkari At IEC 2024

In his address, Gadkari shared that two phases of the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway have been completed. The expressway has been designed to reduce the travel time between Delhi and Dehradun to just two hours. Officially known as the Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun Expressway, this National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)-approved project spans 210 km and is being developed at an estimated cost of Rs 13,000 crore.

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Gadkari also emphasized the government is building 36 green express highways (Delhi- Mumbai, Delhi-Srinagar, Delhi- Manal, Bengaluru-Chennai and more) across India . He explained, that these green express highways are expected to significantly impact the country's economic development by reducing logistics costs. Currently, logistics costs in India stand at 14-16% of GDP, compared to 8% in China and 12% in the United States and European countries. The government is aiming to bring India's logistics costs down to single digits, around 9%. Achieving this reduction is projected to boost exports by 1.5 times, thanks to increased cost efficiency.