Nagpur–Gondia Expressway Gets Green Light: Travel Time To Drop From Three Hours To Just 75 Minutes

The Maharashtra cabinet has cleared the deck for the Nagpur–Gondia Access Controlled Expressway, approving both the project blueprint and the land acquisition process.

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has been tasked with execution. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the official statement informed.

Currently, a journey from Gondia to Nagpur takes over three hours along the existing highway. The new expressway, however, is expected to cut down travel distance by 15 km and bring journey time to just one hours and 15 minutes.

Running through 10 talukas and 115 villages across Nagpur, Bhandara and Gondia districts, the route will include 26 flyovers, 15 major bridges, 63 smaller ones, 71 canal crossings, as well as eight dedicated animal underpasses.

Interchanges have been planned at Gavasi, Pachgaon, Thana, Rotary, Panjra, Paldongri, Lohri and Savari.

The project, measuring 162.577 km, will link the existing 701-km Hindu Hruday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Highway with Gondia.

The approved alignment covers 72.5 km from Nagpur to Bhandara, 72.6 km from Bhandara to Gondia, a 3.765 km spur to Tiroda, and a 13.712 km Gondia Outer Ring Road. A financial provision of Rs 3,162.18 crore has been sanctioned for land acquisition alone.

The statement emphasised that the expressway will open up underdeveloped and tribal regions, tying them more closely with Nagpur and Mumbai.

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