PM Modi to inaugurate first section of Delhi-Mumbai expressway tomorrow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 246km DelhiDausaLalsot section of the DelhiMumbai Expressway on Sunday with the new stretch set to reduce the travel time from the national capital to Jaipur from five hours to around three and a half hoursDeveloped at a cost of more than Rs 12150 crore this first completed section of the DelhiMumbai Expressway will provide a major boost to the economic development of the entire region the Prime Ministers Office PMO saidPM Modi will launch road development projects worth more than Rs 18100 crore from Dausa and will visit Karnataka on Monday to inaugurate the 14th edition of Aero India 2023 at the Air Force Station Yelahanka in BengaluruThe PMO said Modis emphasis on the building of excellent road infrastructure as an engine of growth development and connectivity in New India is being realised by the construction of a number of ongoing world class expressways across the countryThe DelhiMumbai Expressway will be the Indias longest with the length of 1386 km It will reduce travel distance between Delhi and Mumbai by 12 per cent from 1424 km to 1242 km while the travel time will be cut by 50 per cent from the current 24 hours to 12 hours it saidAlso Read PM Modi reaches Mumbai flags off two Vande Bharat trains from CSMTThe expressway will pass through six states of Delhi Haryana Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Gujarat and Maharashtra and connect major cities like Kota Indore Jaipur Bhopal Vadodara and SuratIt will also serve 93 PM Gati Shakti Economic Nodes 13 ports eight major airports and eight multimodal logistics parks MMLPs along with spurs to new upcoming greenfield airports such as Jewar Airport Navi Mumbai Airport and JNPT portIt will have a catalytic impact in the developmental trajectory of all adjoining regions thus contributing in a major way in the economic transformation of the country the PMO saidDuring the programme Modi will also lay the foundation stone of 247 kilometres of national highway projects to be developed at a cost of more than Rs 5940 croreAbout the prime ministers programme in Bengaluru the PMO noted that the theme of Aero India 2023 is The Runway to a Billion OpportunitiesIn line with Modis vision of Make in India Make for the World the event will focus on displaying indigenous equipment technologies and forging partnerships with foreign companies it saidThe prime ministers emphasis on selfreliance in the Indian defence sector will also be displayed as the event will showcase the countrys progress in design leadership growth in UAVs sector defence space and futuristic technologiesFurther the event will promote export of indigenous air platforms like Light Combat Aircraft LCATejas HTT40 Dornier Light Utility Helicopter LUH Light Combat Helicopter LCH and Advanced Light Helicopter ALH the PMO saidThe event will also help in integrating domestic MSMEs and startups in the global supply chain and attract foreign investments including the partnerships for codevelopment and coproduction it saidThe event will witness participation by more than 80 countries Ministers of about 30 countries and 65 CEOs of global and Indian OEMs are likely to participate in Aero India 2023Aero India 2023 exhibition will witness participation of more than 800 defence companies including around 100 foreign and 700 Indian the PMO saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever