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New Delhi ( Raghwendra Pratap Singh) : <\/strong>The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is close to full completion, with the 4.9-km tunnel near Kota in Rajasthan likely to open after 20 June. Considered India’s first eight-lane road tunnel running beneath the ecologically fragile Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve, the structure forms a crucial link in the 1,386-km Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, which is being built at a cost of Rs 95,000 crore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the corridor is fully running, the road trip between Delhi and Mumbai is likely to take around 12 hours, against the more than 24 hours it currently demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from cutting travel time, the expressway is expected to bring down logistics costs and improve links across Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tunnel lets traffic flow along the corridor without disturbing wildlife, sidestepping a longer, winding alignment. The Kota portion had been among the last major missing pieces for uninterrupted travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building the tunnel took nearly four and a half years owing to the tiger reserve’s ecological sensitivity. The Gurugram-Dausa stretch is already open, and most sections between Dausa and Vadodara are either functional or close to ready, while the Godhra-Vadodara segment began trial runs in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designed for speeds up to 120 kmph with no signals or grade crossings, the access-controlled road also has a 21-metre median that allows future expansion from eight to 12 lanes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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