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's national capital

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with its financial hub

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. The under-construction Vadodara–Mumbai Expressway has been subsumed in this project. Foundation stone of the project was laid by union minister

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in presence of Sushma Swaraj &

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on 8 March 2019. The total project value including the land acquisition cost is around

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1,00,000

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s (~US$13.1 billion). An additional 31 km long spur will also be constructed by the NHAI from

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in Jewar to Sector-65, Faridabad on this expressway. Delhi–Mumbai Expressway will connect

Sohna Elevated Corridor Sohna Elevated Corridor or Sohna–Gurgaon road is a long, access controlled, six-lane wide elevated corridor in Gurgaon district of Haryana, India. The project has been completed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) at an estim ...

in Delhi to Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra via Dausa, Kota, Ratlam,

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and

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. It passes through the Union territory of

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(9 km) and the states of

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(129 km),

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(373 km),

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(244 km),

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(426 km) and

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(171 km). The main length of the expressway is from

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only i.e. 1,198 km. Additionally, it has two spurs: DND–Faridabad–KMP (59 km) and

– JNPT (92 km), which increases its length to 1,350 km. Initially, the expressway will be 8- lane wide with the greenfield-alignment route in backward areas, which will reduce the current 24 hours travel time to 12 hours. Land for an additional four lanes shall be reserved in the middle of the road for future expansion, along with the space for

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, plantation and public transport on both sides. This expressway, along with Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (Western DFC) will be a vital backbone of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor.

Route alignment

At the Delhi end, the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway has two main entry/exit points:

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, Maharani Bagh in

and Alipur village, north of

. Traffic coming from both ends and moving towards

will merge at the double

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with KMP Expressway in Khalilpur, Nuh district of Haryana. The greenfield alignment is as follows:

Section 1: DND–Faridabad–KMP

NCT of Delhi (09 km)

* Begins in Delhi from the junction of

and

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Maharani Bagh Maharani Bagh is a residential area in South East Delhi, comprising several blocks and multiple markets. It is one of the most posh and upscale neighbourhoods of Delhi and is home to some of the most influential families from government and bus ...

* Pass through

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, Batla House and Okhla Vihar on

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river's west bank * Starts moving exactly along the Agra Canal from

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to Mithapur * 2nd entry ramp near

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metro station (towards Mithapur) for traffic from

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* Exits Delhi at junction of Jaitpur–Pushta road and

– Mithapur road.

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-I (50 km)

* On

– Mithapur road, it will cross the Agra Canal at Sehatpur Bridge (Faridabad) * Move on Faridabad bypass road from Sector-37, Faridabad to Kail Gaon, Ballabhgarh * Interchange with Delhi–Agra ( NH-2) near DPS Ballabhgarh school at Kail Gaon village * Crosses Palwal–Sohna ( NH-919) at Hajipur village (

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) *

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with KMP Expressway at Khalilpur village ( Nuh district)

Section 2: Sohna–KMP–Vadodara

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-II (79 km)

* Sohna–Gurgaon road: Begins at Alipur village (

) * NH-919 interchange at Sancholi village (

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). * Toll Plaza at Bhirawati village (Nuh district) *

with KMP Expressway at Khalilpur village in Nuh district. Traffic coming from Maharani Bagh in

by 59 km long DND–Faridabad–KMP section will also merge here. * MDR-134 (Nuh-Palwal) interchange at Naurangabad * MDR-132 (Nuh-Hodal) interchange, east of

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* MDR-135 (Bhadas-Palwal) interchange, east of Bhadas * MDR-131 (Nagina-Hodal) interchange west of

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* SH-22 interchange, east of

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. Exits from Kolgaon.

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(373 km)

*interchange on nouganva sikri road at bass burja village(https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/interchange-flyover-approved-on-the-naugawan-sikri-road-and-delhi-vadodara-greenfield-expressway/articleshow/81639264.cms) * SH-45, Sirmaur village (

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) * SH-14

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interchange at Seetal village, near Barodameo * SH-44, Chhila Chhoh village (Alwar district) * SH-25A, interchange at Pinan village (Alwar district) * SH-25 Bandikui interchange at Peechupara Khurd ( Dausa district) * NH-21 Dausa interchange between Mitrapura and Bhandarej (Dausa) * NH-148, Dungarpur village ( Dausa district) * NH-23

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interchange at Chimanpura (Dausa) * East of Bonli (Sawai Madhopur district) * NH-552 Sawai Madhopur interchange at Jaisapura ( Sawai Madhopur) * SH-29 interchange, east of Indragarh (Bundi) * East of Lakheri ( Bundi district) * SH-70, Sultanpur village ( Kota district) * NH-27 Kota interchange at Karariya village ( Kota) * NH-52 Kota interchange at Mandana village * SH-9A Rawatbhata interchange at Chechat

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(244 km)

* SH-31A Neemuch interchange, east of Bhanpura * Interchange at east of

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(Mandsaur district) * SH-14

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interchange at Titrod village (east of Sitamau) * Jaora interchange, east of Jaora on Jaora - Ujjain SH * Namli interchange, on Jaora - Ratlam SH * Dhamnod interchange, on Ratlam - Banswara NH * Raoti interchange, west of Raoti on Raoti - Bajna SH * SH-39 Thandla interchange at Manpur ( Jhabua)

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-I (149 km)

* enters Gujarat at Chhayan village (

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) * NH-56 interchange, north of Dahod * NH-47 interchange, north of

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* NE-1

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interchange at Dodka village ( Vadodara district)

Section 3: Vadodara–Virar

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-II (277 km)

* NE-1

interchange at Dodka village ( Vadodara district) * NH-48/ NH-64

interchange at Fajalpur village (near Nandesari), north-west of

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road interchange between Samiyala and Laxmipura village, west of

* SH-6 Dahej interchange at Dehgam village, west of

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* NH-48 interchange at Moti Naroli village, east of Kim (

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) * NH-53

interchange at Ena village between

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and

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* east of Navsari * east of

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-I (79 km)

* Gujarat-Maharashtra border *

(Palghar district)

Section 4: Virar–JNPT

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-II (92 km)

(Palghar district) * Amane (Thane district) *

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(Thane district) * JNPT, (Raigad District)

Formation of SPV

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has formed a

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(SPV) to finance the construction and operation of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway. The SPV has been registered on 29 August 2020 by the name of DME Development Limited (DMEDL) and it will be wholly owned by the NHAI. By floating SPV specific to a corridor, NHAI is aiming at diversifying its resource base to develop a sustainable and self-liquidating approach to raise finances. The toll on the projects housed in SPV shall be collected by NHAI and SPV shall get the annuity payments without any construction and tolling risks. On 1 March 2021, DME Development Limited received the highest 'AAA' credit ratings from

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Construction

Construction Phases

The entire 1,350 km long Delhi–Mumbai Expressway has been divided into 4 sections with a total of 52 construction packages/tenders, where the length of each package is between 8 km to 46 km.

List of Contractors

The NHAI has awarded the construction work in 52 packages to around 20 construction companies. Around 15,000

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s of land has been acquired for this project. The list of contractors is as follows: Note: As of 11 November 2021, Tender for 65 km length is pending i.e. for 4 packages in

(

– JNPT section).

Project financing

The project is being executed in 52 packages, out of which 31 are under

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model or EPC projects (Sohna–Vadodara segment) while the remaining 21 are Hybrid Annuity Model or HAM projects. The HAM Model is a hybrid or mixture of EPC Model and

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Model in which the

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will pay 40% of the project cost in trenches linked to milestones, while the balance 60% cost will be arranged by the contractors.

World record for construction

, contracto
Patel Infrastructure
created a world record by laying Pavement quality concrete (PQC) in 2.58 km length in 4- lane width (4x2.58 =10.32 lane km) within 24 hours. The work of laying PQC started on February 1, 2021 at 8 am and ended the next day at 8 am. An 18.75 metre wide German-made Wirtgen concrete paving machine was used in this stretch.

Special features

The various special features of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway are as follows.

Wayside Amenities

The expressway will have Wayside Amenities at 93 places having facilities like ATM, hotels, retail shops, food courts,

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s for electric vehicles and fuel stations. It will also be the first expressway in India to have

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s and fully equipped

trauma center A trauma center (or trauma centre) is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major trauma, major traumatic injuries such as Falling (accident), falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. A trauma cent ...

s at every 100 km for accident victims.

Electric Highway

On 25 March 2021, Union Minister

said in

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that there is a plan to develop a stretch of this expressway as an ''e-Highway'' (

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) where trucks and buses can run at a speed of 120 km/hour which will bring down the

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cost by 70% as heavy vehicles will run on electricity instead of

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. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has started the construction of this project, and is expected to be completed by March 2022. It will also have 4 dedicated lanes for electric vehicles in the entire expressway, out of 8 lanes.

Environment friendly

It is being developed as an environment-friendly expressway with a tree cover of 20

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trees, watered with drip irrigation along the entire stretch with a

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system at every 500 metres. Expressway will be lit using a mix of power supply from state grids and

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Wildlife crossings

A combined length of 2.5 km of this 8-lane wide expressway will have run under 5 natural-looking wildlife crossings on the stretches identified as the known wildlife corridors between tiger reserves. One of these crossings will be a tunnel in

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, which will be the country’s first 8-lane wide tunnel. This will be the first expressway in India to have wildlife crossings. The crossing over the expressway will have 8 meters tall

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walls on either side, and the uncovered stretch of expressway passing through the wildlife corridor will have 6-foot tall walls on both sides of the expressway to prevent animals and pedestrians from entering to minimize the impact of traffic zipping past at speeds up to 120 km/hour. This expressway runs through Aravalli Wildlife corridors especially affecting corridors between four Tiger Reserves of

, namely

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, Ranthambore National Park and Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary, all of which are important

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.In a first, India to get five ‘animal bridges’ on Delhi-Mumbai highway
Times of India, 6 Oct 202.Delhi-Mumbai expressway: The proposed project may be a threat to tiger species in India
Finheadlines.com, 28 December 2018. There is overcrowding at Ranthambore, and tigers have migrated to other sanctuaries and reserves via the Aravalli wildlife corridor, for example, at least 3 tigers have migrated out of Ranthambore to Ramgarh since 2013.
Hindustan Times, 5 July 201. Wildlife experts have expressed concerns as there are not sufficient wildlife crossings on this very wide 8-lane expressway, especially between Sariska and Ranthambore reserves as well as Sariska reserve and leopard habitat forests of Delhi- Gurugram-Faridabad- Nuh in Delhi NCR. Area is also part of leopard corridor of NCR. Additional wildlife crossings are needed at several locations, such as on alignment near Faridabad (alignment near Nimot-Kot-Dhouj forested hills), hills east of Bhadas (hill from Devla Nagli to Rithat to Khanpur Ghat), Hills near

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(crossings near Kheri Kalan, Regarh, Bhakro Ji, Bas Burja), Naugaon, Dohli, near

and Sariska (Ghata-Chirawanda-Kalakha), Nangal Todiyal, Bandikui, Dausa, Chhateda, etc.

Inter-connectivity

Delhi-Haryana-UP: The Delhi–Mumbai Expressway will be directly connected with various other expressways like Delhi–Noida Direct Flyway (DND Flyway) in Delhi,

Western Peripheral Expressway The Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE) or Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway (KMP Expressway), is an operational 6-lane (3 lanes in each direction),Delhi-Katra Expressway) in Haryana. It will also connect to Trans-Haryana Expressway via 86.5 km long 6-lane access-controlled greenfield Paniyala–Barodameo Expressway (Paniyala (South of Narnaul) to Mator,

and Barodameo).29 Bidders for Paniyala – Barodameo Expressway’s Work in Rajasthan
The Metro Guy, 2 oct 2022. Rajasthan-MP-Maharashtra-Telangana: Kota-Indore Expressway (136 km) will connect it to Hyderabad–Indore Expressway (via

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- Akola-

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),https://www.motorbeam.com/mega-national-highways-project-22-expressways-to-be-built-in-5-years/ Mega national highways projects: 22 expressways to be built in 5 years by 2024], 2020. which will intersect Mumbai Nagpur Expressway at Akola. Gujarat: In Gujarat, it will connect to Ahmedabad–Vadodara Expressway and at Ahmedabad it will connect to Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway. Maharashtra: It will be connected with Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway (near Mumbai and Akola) and Mumbai–Pune Expressway (near Mumbai).

Side spur

The expressway will have multiple side spurs in the future, which will help commuters to connect with other major cities which are not directly connected on the main route. In July 2022, the NHAI awarded the construction work of a 31-km long addition side spur connecting

in Jewar with Sector-65, Faridabad bypass,

on this expressway. Similarly NHAI awarded construction work of Bandikui-

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spur package in March 2022.

Status updates

* Mar 2018: Contract awarded by the NHAI on 20 March for 24 km long Package-1 of

–

section in

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. * Aug 2018: Union Minister

said that the construction work of Delhi–Mumbai Expressway will start by December 2018. * Dec 2018: Construction work started on Narmada River by Ashoka Buildcon on 10 December. It is part of Package-4 of

–

section. * Jan 2019: Land acquisition work is at last stage in Haryana. Construction work started for Package-1 and 2 of

–

section, while work of

–

section to start soon. * Mar 2019: Foundation stone laid by Union Minister

for DND–KMP section on 1 March 2019 and

–

– JNPT sections on 8 March 2019. Construction work awarded for 148 km, 400 km of work to be awarded in a month and the rest 800 km of work to be awarded in the next 6 months. The

90,000

s expressway will take about 3 years to complete. * Sep 2019: Construction work of

–

section started on 5 September for Package-3 and on 13 September for Package-1 & 2. All 3 packages are in

(

to Kolgaon). * Feb 2020: While presenting the Union Budget of India (2020–21) in the Parliament, Finance Minister

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said that this expressway will be ready by March 2023. * Jun 2020: 497 km under construction, 162 km of work awarded, 569 km under the bidding process. Detailed Project Report (DPR) to be prepared for 92 km long

– JNPT (Virar–Mumbai) section. * Aug 2020: Contracts awarded for all 3 packages of 59 km long DND–Faridabad–KMP section to DRA Infracon. It will pass through

, Faridabad,

Ballabhgarh Ballabgarh, is a large town, nearby Faridabad city and a tehsil (subdistrict) in Faridabad district of Haryana, India, and is part of the National Capital Region.KMP Expressway. * Oct 2020:

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work started in Faridabad on DND–Faridabad–KMP section. Contracts awarded in

for Package-11, 12 & 13 of

–

section on 15 October 2020. * Apr 2021: 710 km under-construction. Work awarded by NHAI for 41 out of 52 construction packages (1,110 km out of 1,350 km). * July 2021: 350 km has been constructed, 825 km is under-construction and Tenders for remaining 7 out of 52 packages to be awarded before March 2022:

said in

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. * Aug 2021: A link road will be constructed which will connect Sector-65, Faridabad in

on this expressway to the upcoming

in Jewar,

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. * Sep 2021: The construction work of the steel bridge over Narmada river near

in Gujarat has been completed in a record time of 32 months: Union Minister

. *Oct 2021: NHAI begins design work of the 30 km long side spur connecting

in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh with

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said that the expressway will be completed soon. * Mar 2022: Segment Launcher started erection of concrete structures in

on 21 March. It is a part of DND–Faridabad–KMP section (Package-1) in which 7 km out of 9 km will be elevated. * Mar 2022: GR Infraprojects Ltd emerges as the lowest bidder to construct and operate the 67 km long Bandikui–

spur section. * July 2022: Tender for Faridabad bypass to

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(Spur package) has been awarded by the NHAI to Apco Infratech Pvt. Ltd. on 29 July.

References

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