It will be the world’s longest highway once completed. It is expected to be completed by March 2023.
Key Points..
It is a 1380-km eight-lane expressway that can be expanded to a 12-lane expressway depending on the volume of traffic.
It will start from Haryana's Sohna and will end around Mira Bhayander near Mumbai.
Special Features:
It will have wayside amenities – resorts, restaurants, food courts, fuel stations, facilities for truckers, logistics parks.
A helicopter ambulance service for accident victims and a heliport, which will use drone services for business as well.
The expressway is the first in Asia and only the second in the world to feature animal overpasses to facilitate unrestricted movement of wildlife.
It will also include two iconic 8-lane tunnels, one tunneling through Mukundra sanctuary, Rajasthan and the second will pass through the Matheran eco-sensitive zone, Maharashtra.
Significance:
It will improve connectivity to economic hubs like Jaipur, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Kota, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Bhopal, Ujjain, Indore, Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat.
It will result in annual fuel savings of more than 320 million litres and reduce CO2 emissions. The project has also created employment for thousands.
