The Delhi-Meerut Expressway is now open for public travel.
It will reduce the travel time between Meerut and Delhi to 45 minutes instead of over two and half hours taken currently. The expressway connecting the two cities became operational on April 1. Taking to Twitter, Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari said ‘we have full filled our promise of reducing travel time between Delhi to Meerut’.
“Delhi Meerut Expressway has now been completed & opened to traffic. We have full filled our promise of reducing travel time between Delhi – Meerut from 2.5 hours to 45 minutes,” Nitin Gadkari informed in a tweet.
The much-awaited Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME), pegged as a smart highway, was opened for public on Thursday after the completion of its remaining stretches. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May 2018 had inaugurated the first phase of the Rs 8,346-crore 9-km stretch of 14-lane highway. Delhi Meerut Expressway has now been completed and opened to traffic. We have fulfilled our promise of reducing travel time between Delhi - Meerut from 2.5 hours to 45 minutes, Road Transport, Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said after the smart highway was opened for people. He said Delhi Meerut Expressway Package II that comprises six Lane Expressway and eight Lane NH- from Delhi/UP Gate to Dasna and Package IV (6 Lane Expressway from Dasna to Meerut via Greenfield) has been successfully completed and opened for the public.
Delhi to Meerut in 45 minutes, Expressway now open to public
Delhi to Meerut in 45 minutes, Expressway now open to public
The much-awaited Delhi-Meerut Expressway is now open. In a tweet, Union minister Nitin Gadkari wrote, We have fulfilled our promise of reducing travel time between Delhi - Meerut from 2.5 hours to 45 minutes.
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UPDATED: April 1, 2021 14:10 IST
The travel time between Meerut and Delhi has been reduced to 45 minutes. (Photo courtesy:Wikipedia/Banswalhemant)
Travelling from Delhi to Meerut in less than an hour is now a reality. The 82-km Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME) is now open to the public.
With the long-awaited expressway now open for traffic, the travel time between Delhi and Meerut has come down to about 45 minutes from two hours.
Go from Delhi to Meerut in 45 minutes as Expressway opens for public
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Go from Delhi to Meerut in 45 minutes as Expressway opens for public. (Photo: Bidesh Manna/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 1 : The Delhi-Meerut Expressway has been finally opened for the public from Thursday. It will reduce travel time between the two cities from three hours to just 45 minutes.
It has been declared operational from Thursday by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, who said, the government has fulfilled one of its promises by reducing travel time from Delhi to Meerut.
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Apr 1, 2021, 07:07 PM IST
The 96-km long 14-lane Delhi-Meerut Expressway by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is now open to the public. It will reduce the travel time between Meerut and Delhi to 45 minutes instead of over two and half hours which is the present travel duration between both the cities.
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari took to Twitter to announce the commencement of the highly-anticipated road project. Delhi Meerut Expressway has now been completed & opened to traffic. We have full filled our promise of reducing travel time between Delhi-Meerut from 2.5 hours to 45 minutes, tweeted Gadkari.