Dwarka Expressway and Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

Dwarka Expressway and Delhi

Question: What is the estimated cost of Dwarka and Delhi-Mumbai Expressway whose foundation was laid on March 9, 2019?
(a) Rs 90,000-crore and Rs. 9000 crore respectively
(b) Rs 50,000-crore and Rs. 10000 crore respectively
(c) Rs 80,000-crore and Rs. 9000 crore respectively
(d) Rs 90,000-crore and Rs. 2000 crore respectively
Answer: (a)
Related facts:

  • External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley; and Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stones for development of 8-lane access controlled Dwarka Expressway and Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Delhi on March 8, 2019.
  • The estimated cost of Dwarka and Delhi-Mumbai Expressway are Rs. 90,000 crore and Rs. 9000 crore respectively.
  • The ministers also inaugurated the Jaipur Ring Road through a video link on the occasion.

Delhi-Mumbai Expressway:

  • The Delhi-Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway is conceived as a 1320 km greenfield project with an estimated cost of Rs 90,000 crore. The existing Delhi-Mumbai National Corridor (NH-8 section of the Golden Quadrilateral) is one the busiest and most critical routes of the national highways network, witnessing an average traffic of more than 80,000 PCUs per day.
  • The proposed Delhi-Vadodara-Mumbai road will result in overall reduction of about 150 km in the present distance between Delhi and Mumbai. In addition, Delhi-Vadodara expressway would also act as an expressway to Jaipur via the already developed Jaipur-Dausa NH-11.

Dwarka Expressway

  • The 29 km Dwarka Expressway (NH-248BB) being built at a cost of Rs 9,000 crore will start from Shiv Murti to terminate near Kherki Daula on NH-8. This Expressway stretches 18.9 Kms in Haryana and 10.1 Kms in Delhi.

Jaipur Ring Road

  • The 57 km long six-lane Jaipur Ring Road has been completed at a cost of Rs 1217 crore. It connects NH-11 (Agra Road), NH-8 (Ajmer Road), NH-12 (Tonk Road), and NH-12 (Malpura Road).

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