Infrastructure
Mumbai - Nagpur Expressway: Section Between Nagpur And Washim To Be Opened From May
An aerial view of Mumbai - Nagpur Expressway (Pentacle Consultants)
The 701-km Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway will be opened to the public in phases from this year.
In the first phase, the greenfield stretch between Nagpur and Washim district will be opened for public use from May.
Recently, the state’s urban development minister Eknath Shinde announced that the first phase between Nagpur and Shirdi (Ahmednagar) would start in May. Still, only the expressway until Washim is ready for public use.
Conceptualised and initiated by former CM Devendra Fadnavis, the 701-km six-lane super expressway crosses through 10 districts. It is set to cut the travelling time from Mumbai to Nagpur to eight hours from 18 hours.
The high-speed corridor designed for a top speed of 150 km per hour is being built at around Rs 55,000 crore.
On Monday (4 April), Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray reviewed the progress of the expressway and directed the official of the project’s nodal agency Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), to ensure greenery alongside the expressway.
