The Delhi–Vadodra–Mumbai Expressway is a 1,350 km long, 8-
lane
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wide (expandable to 12-lane) under-construction (partially operational) access-controlled expressway connecting India's national capital
New Delhi
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to its financial capital
Mumbai
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. The
foundation stone
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for the project was laid by union minister of Road Transport & Highways
Nitin Gadkari
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in the presence of
Sushma Swaraj
Sushma Swaraj (''née'' Sharma; 14 February 1952 – 6 August 2019; ) was an Indian lawyer, politician and diplomat who served as the 5th Chief Minister of Delhi, and also the Minister of External Affairs of India in the first Narendra Modi ...
and Arun Jaitley on 8 March 2019 and it was inaugurated by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
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. The total project value including the
land acquisition
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crore
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s (~US$13.1 billion). It is expected to be completed by 2027.
Delhi–Vadodra–Mumbai Expressway connects the Sohna Elevated Corridor, Delhi to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra via
Dausa
Dausa is a city and administrative headquarters of Dausa district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is 55 km from Jaipur, 240 km from Delhi and located on Jaipur-Agra National Highway (NH-21).
Etymology
The name ''Dausa'' (Hindi ...
Ratlam
Ratlam is a city in the northwestern part of the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state of India. The city of Ratlam lies above sea level. It is the administrative headquarters of Ratlam district, which was created in 1947 after the independe ...
,
Vadodara
Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is a city situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district. The city is named for its abundance of banyan ...
and
Surat
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. It passes through the Union territory of
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...
(12 km) and the states of
Haryana
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(129 km),
Rajasthan
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(373 km),
Madhya Pradesh
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(244 km),
Gujarat
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(426 km) and
Maharashtra
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(171 km). The main length of the expressway is from Sohna to Virar only i.e. 1,198 km. Additionally, it has two spurs: DND–Faridabad–KMP (59 km) and Virar– JNPT (92 km), which increases its length to 1,350 km.
Initially, the expressway is 8-
lane
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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 is reserved in the middle of the road for future expansion, along with the space for
utilities
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, plantation and public transport on both sides. This expressway, along with Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (Western DFC) is a vital backbone of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor.
Route alignment
At the
Delhi
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end, the Delhi–Vadodra–Mumbai Expressway has two main entry/exit points: DND Flyway, Maharani Bagh in
Delhi
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Haryana
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. Traffic coming from both ends and moving towards
Vadodara
Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is a city situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district. The city is named for its abundance of banyan ...
/
Mumbai
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will merge at the double
trumpet interchange
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with
KMP Expressway
The Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE) or Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway (KMP Expressway), is an operational 6-lane (3 lanes in each direction),Nuh district) of Haryana. The greenfield alignment is as follows:
* Begins in Delhi from the junction of DND Flyway and
Ring Road
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Yamuna
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river's west bank
* Starts moving exactly along the Agra Canal from Okhla Vihar metro station to Mithapur
* 2nd entry ramp near Kalindi Kunj metro station (from
Noida
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MCD
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Brothers R ...
Toll, Mithapur Chowk.
Haryana
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Faridabad
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bypass road from Sector-37, Faridabad to Kail Gaon,
Ballabhgarh
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Ballabhgarh
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school at Kail Gaon village
* Crosses Palwal–Sohna ( NH-919) at Hajipur village (
Gurgaon district
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)
*
Toll Plaza
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at Kiranj (fo Toll rates (Nuh district). It is 56 km from the DND starting point.
*
Trumpet interchange
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with
KMP Expressway
The Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE) or Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway (KMP Expressway), is an operational 6-lane (3 lanes in each direction),Toll rates , (Nuh district).
Section 2: Sohna–KMP–Vadodara
Haryana
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Palwal
Palwal is a city and a municipal council. It is the headquarters of Palwal district, the 21st district of Haryana state in northern India. It is a centre of the cotton trade in the area. It is part of Braj region. It is also a part of Na ...
) interchange at Sancholi village (
Gurgaon
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).
*
Toll Plaza
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is at Hilalpur Toll Rates village near Bhirawati (Nuh district)
* Trumpet interchange with KMP Expressway at Khalilpur village in Nuh district. Traffic coming from Maharani Bagh in
Delhi
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by 59 km long DND–Faridabad–KMP section will also merge here.
* Naurangabad village ( Palwal district).
* SH-132 ( Nuh–
Hodal
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Hodal i ...
) interchange, east of Ujina
* Khanpur Ghati village (west of Pinangwan)
* Ferozepur Jhirka interchange at Ghata Shamasabad village (Nuh district).
* Exits Haryana from Kolgaon village (Nuh district).
Rajasthan
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(373 km)
* Enters Rajasthan at Munpur Karmala village (Alwar district)
* SH-45, Sirmaur village (
Alwar district
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Alwar
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interchange at Seetal village, near Baroda Meo (Alwar district)
* SH-44, Chhila Chhoh village near Laxmangarh (Alwar district)
* NH-921 interchange at Pinan village (Alwar district) for Rajgarh and Mandawar
* Peechupara Khurd village near Bandikui
* NH-21
Dausa
Dausa is a city and administrative headquarters of Dausa district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is 55 km from Jaipur, 240 km from Delhi and located on Jaipur-Agra National Highway (NH-21).
Etymology
The name ''Dausa'' (Hindi ...
interchange at Bhandrej village (east of Dausa)
* NH-148, Lalsot interchange at Dungarpur village (
Dausa district
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Kota district
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During the period around 12th century AD, Rao Deva, a Hada Chieftain conquered the territory and fou ...
)
* NH-27Kota interchange at Karariya village ( Kota)
* NH-52Kota interchange at Mandana village
* SH-9ARawatbhata interchange at Chechat
* Exits Rajasthan at Moondiya village (Kota district)
Madhya Pradesh
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(244 km)
* Enters Madhya Pradesh at Dhabla Madhosingh village (
Mandsaur district
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Neemuch
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/ Jhalawar interchange, east of Bhanpura
* Garoth interchange at south of Garoth (Mandsaur district)
* Crosses
Chambal River
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Mandsaur
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interchange at Dalawada village (east of Sitamau)
* SH-17
Jaora
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interchange at Bhuteda village ( Ratlam district)
* Namli interchange at Nayapura village (Ratlam district)
* NH-927A
Ratlam
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/ Sailana interchange at Dhamnod village (north-west of Ratlam)
* SH-39Thandla interchange at Manpur village ( Jhabua)
* Crosses Anas river at Dhebar village (Jhabua)
Gujarat
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-I (149 km)
* enters Gujarat at Chhayan village (
Dahod district
Dahod district is a district of Gujarat state in western India. This largely tribal district is mostly covered by forests and hills.
Geography
Dahod is located in eastern Gujarat. It is located at the tripoint between Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madh ...
Dahod
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Godhra
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Ahmedabad
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Gujarat
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Ahmedabad
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Ahmedabad
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interchange at Fajalpur village (near Nandesari), north-west of
Vadodara
Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is a city situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district. The city is named for its abundance of banyan ...
*
Vadodara
Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is a city situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district. The city is named for its abundance of banyan ...
- Padra road interchange between Samiyala and Laxmipura village, west of
Vadodara
Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is a city situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district. The city is named for its abundance of banyan ...
* Crosses Narmada River via Narmada Bridge, India's Longest Extradosed Cable Stayed Bridge
* SH-6Dahej interchange at Dehgam village, west of
Bharuch
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The city of Bharuch and surroundings have been settled since times of antiquity. It was a shi ...
Surat
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Navsari
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Maharashtra
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Palghar district
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The headquarters of the district is the town of Palghar. Other major cities in the ...
)
Section 4: Virar–JNPT
Maharashtra
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Thane district
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Raigad District
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The headquarters of the district is Alibag. Other major cities in the district are Panvel, Karjat, Navi Mumbai, Khopoli, Sh ...
)
Formation of SPV
The
National Highways Authority of India
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(NHAI) has formed a
special-purpose vehicle
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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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The entire 1,350 km long Delhi–Vadodra–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
hectare
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s of land has been acquired for this project. The list of contractors is as follows:
Delhi–Mumbai Expressway – Metro Infrasys MSI Project
The Delhi–Mumbai Expressway – Metro Infrasys MSI Project is a pivotal technological initiative within the expansive Delhi–Mumbai Expressway development. The project focuses on enhancing road safety, operational efficiency, and intelligent traffic management systems (ITS) across one of India’s most ambitious expressway corridors. It is being implemented by Metro Infrasys Pvt. Ltd. (MIPL), a leading Indian infrastructure and ITS solutions provider.
Scope of Work
As the Master System Integrator (MSI) appointed by the Indian Highways Management Company Ltd (IHMCL), Metro Infrasys is responsible for the design, implementation, integration, and maintenance of an advanced ITS ecosystem on the expressway. The key components of the project include:
* Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems
* Closed-loop Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) via FASTag
* CCTV surveillance and incident detection systems
* Variable Message Signboards (VMS)
* Emergency Call Boxes (ECB)
* Meteorological and Weather Monitoring Systems (WMS)
* Speed enforcement and lane control systems
* Centralized Traffic Management and Control Centers
A notable technological feature of the project is the cloud hosting of the entire MSI architecture on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This allows for scalable, secure, and real-time data handling, analytics, and redundancy across the expressway’s digital infrastructure.
These technologies are aimed at ensuring real-time monitoring, seamless tolling, prompt incident response, and improved traffic flow management.
Key Personnel
The successful tendering and execution of the project was led by key professionals from Metro Infrasys:
* Saumya Bhattacharya – Led the tendering and proposal strategy, playing a pivotal role in planning and coordination.
* Md Zeeshan – Oversaw key aspects of project execution, including on-ground system deployment and quality control.
* Shashwat Srivastava – Contributed significantly to both tendering and execution, acting as a liaison between technical and managerial teams.
Project Significance
This project marks one of India’s largest deployments of intelligent transportation systems on a national expressway. The technological integration provides a model for future highway infrastructure and positions the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway as one of the most advanced roadways in the country.
Note: As of 11 November 2021, Tender for 65 km length is pending i.e. for 4 packages in
Maharashtra
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The project is being executed in 52 packages, out of which 31 are under Engineering, Procurement and Construction 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
Government of India
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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
In
Gujarat
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, contracto Patel Infrastructure created a world record by laying Pavement quality concrete (PQC) in 2.58 km length in 4-
lane
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width (4x2.58 =10.32 lane km) within 24 hours. The work of laying PQC started on 1 February 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,
charging station
A charging station, also known as a charge point, chargepoint, or electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), is a power supply electrical device, device that supplies electrical power for recharging plug-in electric vehicles (including batter ...
s for electric vehicles and fuel stations. It will also be the first expressway in India to have
helipad
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While helicopters and powered lift aircraft are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fa ...
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 traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. The term "trauma center" may be used incorr ...
s at every 100 km for accident victims.
Electric highway
On 25 March 2021, Union Minister
Nitin Gadkari
Nitin Jairam Gadkari (; born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician who serves as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India since 2014. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways, current ...
said in
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...
that there is a plan to develop a stretch of this expressway as an ''e-highway'' ( electric highway) where trucks and buses can run at a speed of 120 km/hour which will bring down the
logistics
Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the Consumption (economics), point of consumption according to the ...
cost by 70% as heavy vehicles will run on electricity instead of diesel.
National Highways Authority of India
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(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
lakh
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trees, watered with
drip irrigation
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along the entire stretch with a
rainwater harvesting
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system at every 500 metres. Expressway will be lit using a mix of power supply from state grids and
Solar energy
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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 crossing
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s on the stretches identified as the known
wildlife corridor
A wildlife corridor, also known as a habitat corridor, or green corridor, is a designated area habitat (ecology), that connects wildlife populations that have been separated by human activities or structures, such as development, roads, or land ...
s between tiger reserves. One of these crossings will be a tunnel in Mukundara Hills National Park, 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
noise barrier
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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 in four Tiger Reserves of
Rajasthan
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, namely
Sariska Tiger Reserve
Sariska Tiger Reserve is a tiger reserve in Alwar district, Rajasthan, India. It stretches over an core tiger habitat area of and 322.23 km² of buffer area making 1203.34 km² total area of tiger reserve. It is comprising scrub-thorn arid ...
, Mukundara Hills National Park, Ranthambore National Park and Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary, all of which are important Tiger reserves of India. 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.
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
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. This area is also a part of the leopard corridor of NCR. Additional wildlife crossings are needed at several locations, such as on the alignment near Faridabad (alignment near Nimot-Kot-Dhouj forested hills), hills east of Bhadas (hill from Devla Nagli to Rithat to Khanpur Ghati), hills near Firozpur Jhirka (crossings near Kheri Kalan, Regarh, Bhakro Ji, Bas Burja), Naugaon, Dohli, near Alwar and Sariska (Ghata-Chirawanda-Kalakha), Nangal Todiyal, Bandikui, Dausa, Chhateda, etc.
Mator
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Nanded
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Omkareshwar
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Indore
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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.
* Faridabad–Jewar–Khurja Expressway: In July 2022, the NHAI awarded the construction work of a 31-km long addition side spur connecting Noida International Airport in Jewar with Sector-65, Faridabad bypass, Haryana on this expressway.
* Bandikui–Jaipur Expressway: NHAI awarded construction work of Bandikui–
Jaipur
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spur package in March 2022, it is now under construction as on 26 June 2024.
Timeline
* Mar 2018: Contract awarded by the NHAI on 20 March for 24 km-long Package-1 of the
Vadodara
Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is a city situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district. The city is named for its abundance of banyan ...
Gujarat
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Nitin Gadkari
Nitin Jairam Gadkari (; born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician who serves as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India since 2014. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways, current ...
said that the construction work of Delhi–Mumbai Expressway will start by December 2018.
* Dec 2018: Construction work started on the
Narmada River
The Narmada River, previously also known as ''Narbada'' or anglicised as ''Nerbudda'', is the 5th longest river in India and overall the longest west-flowing river in the country. It is also the largest flowing river in the state of Madhya Prade ...
by Ashoka Buildcon on 10 December. It is part of Package-4 of the Vadodara–Virar section.
* Jan 2019: Land acquisition work is at last stage in Haryana. Construction work starts for Package-1 and 2 of the Vadodara–Virar section, while work on the Sohna–Vadodara section will start soon.
* Mar 2019:
Foundation stone
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laid by Union Minister
Nitin Gadkari
Nitin Jairam Gadkari (; born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician who serves as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India since 2014. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways, current ...
for the DND–KMP section on 1 March 2019 and the Sohna–Vadodara & Virar–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 crores expressway will take about 3 years to complete.
* Sep 2019: Construction work on the Sohna–Vadodara section starts on 5 September for Package-3 and on 13 September for Package-1 & 2. All 3 packages are in Haryana (Sohna to Kolgaon).
* Feb 2020: While presenting the
Union Budget of India
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(2020–21) in the
Parliament
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,
Finance Minister
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A ministry of finance's portfoli ...
Nirmala Sitharaman
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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 Virar–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 DND Flyway, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh and KMP Expressway.
* Oct 2020:
Soil testing
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work started in Faridabad on DND–Faridabad–KMP section. Contracts awarded in
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
for Packages 11, 12 & 13 of Vadodara–Virar 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 the remaining 7 out of 52 packages to be awarded before March 2022: Nitin Gadkari said in
Rajya Sabha
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.
* Aug 2021: A link road was constructed which connects Sector-65, Faridabad in Haryana on this expressway to the upcoming Noida International Airport in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh.
* Sep 2021: The construction work of the steel bridge over Narmada river near Bharuch in Gujarat has been completed in a record time of 32 months: Union Minister
Nitin Gadkari
Nitin Jairam Gadkari (; born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician who serves as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India since 2014. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways, current ...
.
*Oct 2021: NHAI begins design work of the 30 km long side spur connecting Noida International Airport in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh with Ballabhgarh (Faridabad), Haryana on this expressway.
*Feb 2022: During the Budget Session, President Ramnath Kovind said that the expressway will be completed soon.
* Mar 2022: Segment Launcher started erection of concrete structures in Delhi 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–
Jaipur
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spur section.
* July 2022: Tender for Faridabad bypass to Jewar Airport (Spur package) has been awarded by the NHAI to Apco Infratech Pvt. Ltd. on 29 July.
* Dec 2022: 1063 km under-construction out of 1386 km; 7 packages (202 km) out of 53 (1386 km) completed as of 30 December 2022.
* Feb 2023:
Prime Minister
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Narendra Modi
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inaugurated the 246-km long Sohna–Dausa–Lalsot stretch of the expressway on 12 February 2023. The entire Expressway is expected to be opened by January 2024.
* September 2023: 244 km Madhya Pradesh section was opened on 20 September 2023.
* February 2024: The Vadodara to Bharuch section of Delhi-Mumbai expressway was inaugurated on 22 February 2024.
* July 2024: Per National Authority of India (NHAI), more than 80% of the work has been completed. This includes 96% completion of Delhi to Vadodara sector stretching 845 Kms. All eight phases are set to be operational by end of 2024.
* Aug 2024:
Nitin Gadkari
Nitin Jairam Gadkari (; born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician who serves as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India since 2014. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways, current ...
the
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
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while replying to a question in Rajya Sabha confirmed that entire stretch of Expressway is expected to be completed by October 2025 with possibility of Sohna-Vadodara to be fully operational by March 2025.
National Highways Development Project
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Yamuna Expressway
Yamuna Expressway is a 6-lane wide (expandable to 8) and long access-controlled expressway in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is presently India's sixth longest expressway and connects Greater Noida with Agra. It was built to de-conge ...