What makes Delhi Mumbai Expressway the crown jewel of India's road infra

The project, being built at a cost a trillion rupees, is the country's longest expressway, and is endowed with hundreds of amenities and facilities

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged off India's most ambitious road infrastructure project — the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. The Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot section of the greenfield expressway is expected to cut travel time between Delhi and Jaipur by more than one and a half hours, and reduce congestion in the existing Delhi-Jaipur national highway.

The 246-km section has been developed at a cost of over Rs 12,150 crore. The operationalisation of this section is expected to provide a major boost to economic development of the entire region and become a massive pillar in the Centre’s long-term vision to bring the national cost