Nagpur, 27 Feb (HS):-

The final 76 km stretch of the 701-km Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Expressway is now

complete. Initiated by Devendra Fadnavis, this major infrastructure project

will soon be open to the public.

The Maharashtra State

Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has announced that the expressway will be

fully operational by mid-March. At present, motorists can travel 625 km from

Igatpuri near Nashik to Nagpur.

The final

stretch of the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway is complete, but a connecting

road, currently under construction by the National Highway Authority of India

(NHAI), is still in progress. According to the media report, it is expected to be

completed by March 10.

Officially named

the Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, this

expressway is a key infrastructure project aimed at enhancing connectivity

between Mumbai and Nagpur.

Furthermore, it

will cut travel time between Mumbai and Nagpur by half, from 16 hours to just 8

hours. It will also improve connectivity between JNPT in Mumbai and the Nagpur

Multimodal International Airport.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar