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Highway (representational image) (NHAI)
On 30 August, Union minister for roads and transport Nitin Gadkari shared a video on Twitter showing the construction of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway.
The highway will reduce the commute time between the two cities to 45 minutes from the current 1.5 to 2 hours.
The project consists of four phases of which phase 1 (Akshardham to UP Gate) and phase 3 ( Dasna to Hapur) are operational. Phase 2 (UP Gate to Dasna) and phase 4 (Dasna to Meerut ) are under construction.