The project, which promises to cut the 16-hour journey between the two cities in half, was Fadnavis’s pet project, conceived during his first term as CM from 2014 to 2019.
The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana roads have opened up economic opportunities but they will be pointless if average Indian user doesn’t know how to use them.
The Rs 55,000 crore Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway project will act as the biggest force multiplier for creating multiple growth engines in the drought-prone Vidarbha and Marathwada regions.
The first 520-km stretch of the 701-km expressway was opened to the public last December, but officials say the remaining 181-km distance is ‘most challenging’.
Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation pegs total investment at Rs 3 lakh crore. Longest among these projects is Nagpur-Goa highway, or Shaktipeeth expressway.
PM Modi will inaugurate first phase of 701-km Samruddhi Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway Sunday. The Rs 55,000-crore project was first announced when Devendra Fadnavis was Maharashtra CM.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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