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Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, freight corridor to be pillars of progress: PM

Modi brings infra in focus ahead of Rajasthan polls, opens first phase of India's longest expressway

Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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Narendra Modi, Prime Minister | PTI photo

Dhruvaksh Saha New Delhi
The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway and the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) will be two robust pillars of the country’s economic prosperity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, while inaugurating the first phase of the Delhi-Mumbai expressway,

“In the coming time, these two projects will transform Rajasthan and the whole region, along with strengthening the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC),” the PM said in Rajasthan, which is headed for polls later this year.

The Delhi Mumbai Expressway is one of the Centre’s most expensive and ambitious infrastructure projects. The 246-km Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot stretch of the expressway, which was inuagrated today, is expected to