Dec 20, 2024 04:23 PM IST
Your entire stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (DME), which goals to cut back journey time between the monetary and political capitals to 12 hours, will solely be prepared by 2026, minister of state (MoS) for highway transport and highways Harsh Malhotra mentioned on Friday.
The mission was initially slated to be accomplished by January 2023, and the timeline has been revised a number of occasions previously few years.
“Work is occurring and it’ll get accomplished rapidly. There are some technical and sensible issues. For the reason that land must be acquired from most of the people, typically tasks are delayed due to that,” Malhotra mentioned throughout a press convention when requested about the reason for the delay.
He mentioned a number of state governments are concerned within the course of as land acquisition is a state matter.
The muse stone for DME was laid in March 2019 and the primary stretch between Sohna in Haryana and Dausa in Rajasthan was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February 2023.
The PM by the way, earlier this week, inaugurated one other stretch of DME in Rajasthan whereas marking the primary anniversary of the BJP authorities within the state.
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Union minister for highway transport and highways Nitin Gadkari earlier this month had admitted that there have been some “deficiencies” within the building of the Delhi-Vadodara (DVE) part of the expressway throughout query hour in Parliament.
He mentioned that consultants from IIT Kharagpur are investigating the difficulty of injury at sure places on the Sohna-Dausa part of the expressway brought about after heavy rains through the monsoon.
He mentioned the damages are being repaired by the contractor at their very own price and strict motion could be taken in opposition to the contractors if the investigation finds them at fault.
Earlier in July, Gadkari had mentioned the mission’s completion time was October 2025 and already 80% of the 1,368 km of your entire mission was constructed. At the moment, he had mentioned that work was underway in 27 stretches.
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