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DNA Explainer: Travel between Delhi and Meerut in just 45 minutes - all you need to know
Presently, commuters take the NH-58 to enter Delhi which takes over three hours to cover a distance of 70 km.
DNA Web Team
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.
Electric vehicles usage should be made mandatory for govt officials: Nitin Gadkari
He also suggested that government should give subsidy to buy electric cooking appliances instead of giving support for buying cooking gas to households
PTI | February 19, 2021 | Updated 15:14 IST
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari
Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday made a case for making it mandatory to use electric vehicles for all officials in government ministries and department.
He also suggested that government should give subsidy to buy electric cooking appliances instead of giving support for buying cooking gas to households.
Addressing at the launch Go Electric campaign, Gadkari said, Why don t we provide subsidy on electric cooking appliances. We already provide subsidy on cooking gas.