Maharashtra's longest, widest road tunnel on Mumbai-Nagpur super expressway takes shape. Details
3 years, 8 months ago

Maharashtra's longest, widest road tunnel on Mumbai-Nagpur super expressway takes shape. Details

India TV News  

In a significant achievement, Maharashtra's longest and widest road tunnel saw the light of day on the upcoming "Hindu Hridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg", or the Greenfield project of Mumbai-Nagpur Super Communication Expressway, officials said on Tuesday. Tunnel over 7 km long "The tunnel is 7.78-km long, in two tubes with a total width of 35 metres located between Igatpuri and Vashala, in a thickly forested hilly region," AIL Project Manager and Leader Sekhar Das told IANS. The road tunnel is part of the 13.10-km long Package 14 handled by AIL for the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation and was completed three months ahead of schedule. Mumbai-Nagpur travel time to be reduced to half from current span The 701 km-long east-west expressway linking the state capital Mumbai with its second capital Nagpur, is expected to be partially operational by September 2021 and fully completed by May 2022, slashing the travel time between the two cities by half from the existing 16 hours.

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All About The 'Missing Link' Project That Will Cut Mumbai-Pune Travel Time By 30 Minutes
3 weeks, 6 days ago

All About The 'Missing Link' Project That Will Cut Mumbai-Pune Travel Time By 30 Minutes

ABP News  

Mumbai-Pune Expressway: The 13-kilometer 'missing link' project on the Pune-Mumbai expressway is expected to be ready by this August after seeing many delays. The project will cut across the existing Mumbai-Pune Expressway and will trim the distance between the two cities by 5.7 kilometers. Key Highlights About Missing Link Project The existing Mumbai-Pune Expressway section from the Khopoli exit to …

32.4-Km Service Road Along Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway To Ease Pune Traffic Nightmare Soon
1 month, 2 weeks ago

32.4-Km Service Road Along Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway To Ease Pune Traffic Nightmare Soon

ABP News  

The National Highways Authority of India has approved a 32.4-kilometre service road project connecting Khed-Shivapur to Ravet in Pune, designed to ease traffic congestion and improve road safety along the Mumbai-Bengaluru National Highway. The Pune service road project is being implemented to ease the daily traffic load of around 2.1 lakh vehicles on the existing highway. Once completed, it is …

Strengthening border security: India to build 1,450 km of asphalt roads along the Indo-Pak border
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Strengthening border security: India to build 1,450 km of asphalt roads along the Indo-Pak border

New Indian Express  

BSF Inspector General ML Garg said that Rajasthan alone will see the construction of 1,096 km of roads, while the remaining 354 km will be laid in Punjab. Currently, BSF soldiers face difficulties patrolling the border due to shifting sand dunes and rough terrain. Faster vehicular movement will also reduce response time between border outposts. The Central Public Works Department …

Pune-Mumbai Expressway alternative route ‘missing link’ nears completion
2 months ago

Pune-Mumbai Expressway alternative route ‘missing link’ nears completion

Hindustan Times  

PUNE With workers employed by the contractor continuing operations despite weather-related disruptions, construction of the alternative route ‘missing link’ on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway has reached its final stage. According to Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation officials, the route is expected to be opened to traffic by June this year. According to Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation officials, the route on …

Bengaluru civic body under fire over inaccuracies in tunnel road project report
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bengaluru civic body under fire over inaccuracies in tunnel road project report

India Today  

A detailed project report for an ambitious tunnel road project in Karnataka’s Bengaluru has raised eyebrows after it was found to contain multiple inaccuracies, including environmental discrepancies and references to cities in Maharashtra. The DPR, which cost the state Rs 9.5 crore, prepared by New Delhi-based Rodic Consultants and submitted to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike in November 2024, outlined …

Samruddhi Expressway’s last phase to open in December
4 months ago

Samruddhi Expressway’s last phase to open in December

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The last phase of the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Mahamarg, stretching 76 km between Igatpuri and Amane, will finally be opened for motorists within a month. Samruddhi Expressway’s last phase to open in December Prime minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated a 520-km stretch of the expressway back on December 11, 2022. At Amane, a spur will connect Samruddhi Expressway with the …

Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway with helipads, 8-lane capacity to reduce travel time to 7 hours, check details
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway with helipads, 8-lane capacity to reduce travel time to 7 hours, check details

India TV News  

The 700-km-long Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway, popularly known as the Samruddhi Mahamarg, is on track to be fully operational by the end of this year. Mumbai-Nagpur Express: Check travel time The Mumbai-Nagpur Express has already witnessed 625 km of its total length opened to traffic abd this Rs 55,000-crore project will reduce travel time between Mumbai and Nagpur from 18 hours to …

Mumbai-Nagpur expressway's last phase expected to be completed by September-end
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Mumbai-Nagpur expressway's last phase expected to be completed by September-end

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai, The entire 701-km-long Mumbai-Nagpur expressway is expected to be thrown open to traffic by September-end when work on the final phase covering a 76-km-long stretch will be completed, providing a seamless travel option to motorists between the two big Maharashtra cities, the project implementing agency said on Friday. Anilkumar Gaikwad, Chairman and Managing Director, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, …

Partially Opened Delhi-Mumbai Expressway 'Goes to Great Lengths', Already India’s Longest
8 months ago

Partially Opened Delhi-Mumbai Expressway 'Goes to Great Lengths', Already India’s Longest

News 18  

Even before completion, the partially opened Delhi-Mumbai expressway is the longest in India, surpassing all the existing e-ways in the country, official data analysed by News18 shows. The ministry of road transport and highways informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that as of date, 11 national expressways and access-controlled highways of 2,138 km are operational in India, including the Delhi-Mumbai …

Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Expressway: Phase Three Cuts Shirdi Travel Time By An Hour
1 year ago

Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Expressway: Phase Three Cuts Shirdi Travel Time By An Hour

News 18  

The third phase of the Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Expressway was inaugurated and thrown open for traffic in Maharashtra’s Nashik district on Monday. State Public Works Department Minister Dada Bhuse inaugurated the stretch in the presence of State Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal and Union Minister of State for Health Dr Bharti Pawar. The third phase includes a viaduct, a …

Work on longest metro rail from Virar to Alibaug kicks off
1 year, 1 month ago

Work on longest metro rail from Virar to Alibaug kicks off

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has started a feasibility study for the 136km long metro rail from Virar to Alibaug which is said to be the Mumbai Metropolitan Region ’s longest metro line project. According to sources, the metro line from Navghar near Virar to Alibaug that is expected to have at least 40 stations along the route …

Maharashtra's Growth Dovetails With PM Modi’s 'Viksit Bharat' Vision
1 year, 5 months ago

Maharashtra's Growth Dovetails With PM Modi’s 'Viksit Bharat' Vision

ABP News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently remarked that the dream of a ‘Viksit Bharat’ will come to fruition only when every state, every district and every village of the country becomes developed. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during a meeting at War Room in Mumbai has already told the officials that every district has to be connected and linked to the development …

Mumbai-Pune Expressway: Traffic movement to be affected from today. Details here
1 year, 5 months ago

Mumbai-Pune Expressway: Traffic movement to be affected from today. Details here

Live Mint  

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation is set to implement further hour-long roadblocks on the busy Mumbai-Pune Expressway this month commencing from Tuesday, a move which is likely to affect movement of vehicles. In a press release issued on Monday, MSRDC said these traffic blocks were necessitated by the ongoing installation of gantries at various points along the 95-km-long expressway …

Mumbai-Goa Highway: A dream plagued by glitches
1 year, 6 months ago

Mumbai-Goa Highway: A dream plagued by glitches

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Ever since it was announced in 2011, National Highway 66 connecting Mumbai and Goa has been held out as a dream thoroughfare that will enable travellers to breeze between the two places in six hours flat. “In the last week of August, the Bombay high court imposed penalties on both the Maharashtra government and the National Highway Authority of …

Bullet Train: NHSRCL Signs Contract to Build India’s First Undersea Rail Tunnel in Maharashtra
1 year, 9 months ago

Bullet Train: NHSRCL Signs Contract to Build India’s First Undersea Rail Tunnel in Maharashtra

News 18  

A tunnel measuring 21 km, including 7 km of India’s first undersea rail tunnel, will be built by the National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor or the bullet train project. Three tunnel boring machines will be used to make about 16 km of the tunnel portion and the remaining 5 km will be through …

Shirdi-Igatpuri Section of Nagpur-Mumbai Super Expressway Inaugurated
1 year, 10 months ago

Shirdi-Igatpuri Section of Nagpur-Mumbai Super Expressway Inaugurated

News 18  

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Friday threw open the 80-km stretch of the Nagpur-Mumbai Super Expressway section between Shirdi-Igatpuri. The 701-km-long ‘Hindu HrudaySamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg’ is being built at a cost of around Rs 55,350 crore and the 520-km-long Nagpur-Shirdi stretch was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2022. …

En Route: Second Phase of Maharashtra's Samruddhi E-Way May Be Thrown Open to Public on May 26
1 year, 10 months ago

En Route: Second Phase of Maharashtra's Samruddhi E-Way May Be Thrown Open to Public on May 26

News 18  

The second phase of the ambitious Samruddhi Mahamarg project in Maharashtra is about to open up. The first phase was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi six months ago, connecting state capital Mumbai and sub-capital Nagpur. According to a top source in the chief minister’s office, the second phase of the expressway will become operational for traffic soon. The second …

Maharashtra: Bridge on Samruddhi Expressway collapses
1 year, 10 months ago

Maharashtra: Bridge on Samruddhi Expressway collapses

India TV News  

Maharashtra: Bridge on Samruddhi Expressway collapses Maharashtra: The first phase of the expressway was inaugurated in Nagpur last year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Maharashtra : A bridge collapsed on the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Mahamarg in Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said on Tuesday. The first phase of the expressway was inaugurated in Nagpur last year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A …

Mumbai-Pune Expressway: Project Likely To Cut Short Time Travel By Almost 30 Minutes From Both Cities
1 year, 11 months ago

Mumbai-Pune Expressway: Project Likely To Cut Short Time Travel By Almost 30 Minutes From Both Cities

News 18  

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has been working Mumbai-Pune Expressway for a quite long period of time. It has been reported that the project is expected to decrease the time limit for travelers to cover the distance between both cities by more than half an hour. As per the details shared by the MSRDC, it suggested that the 19.80 …

Delhi-Mumbai expressway to be almost complete in December, says Nitin Gadkari
2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi-Mumbai expressway to be almost complete in December, says Nitin Gadkari

India TV News  

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said five greenfield access control expressways are coming up and one of them between Delhi and Mumbai would be almost ready in December. With this, the distance between the two cities can be covered in 12 hours”, he said while addressing a function after inaugurating a 2.82-km-long tunnel road between Rewa and …

Maharashtra Govt Fixes Speed Limit of 120 Kmph for Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Highway
2 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra Govt Fixes Speed Limit of 120 Kmph for Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Highway

News 18  

Maharashtra Highway Police has fixed a top speed limit of 120 km per hour for the under-construction Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Mahamarg. Passenger vehicles in `M1′ category with carrying capacity of eight persons including driver can travel at a maximum speed of 120 kmph on plain sections and 100 kmph in Ghat sections and tunnels, it said. Passenger vehicles with carrying capacity …

Upcoming Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway to Feature First Flyovers For Wildlife in India
3 years, 1 month ago

Upcoming Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway to Feature First Flyovers For Wildlife in India

News 18  

In a bid to avert accidents caused due to wandering animals on highways and also to save them from getting mowed under the wheels, the Balasaheb Thackeray Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway will get nine green bridges and 17 underpasses for the safe movement of wildlife. Bilal Habib, a scientist with Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun told TOI that besides the other …

One-Way Trip on Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway to Cost Rs 1,212: Report
3 years, 2 months ago

One-Way Trip on Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway to Cost Rs 1,212: Report

News 18  

Your road journey from Mumbai to Nagpur is all set to become smooth with the construction of 701-long Samruddhi Expressway, touted as the ‘fastest’ expressway in India. However, to experience the thrill of this ‘fastest’ Indian expressway, car owners will have to spend over Rs 1,212 on a one-way trip. A Hindustan Times report citing Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation’s …

2023 deadline for Pune-Mumbai expressway “missing link” to be missed: MSRDC
3 years, 4 months ago

2023 deadline for Pune-Mumbai expressway “missing link” to be missed: MSRDC

Hindustan Times  

Work on a stretch of highway between the Khopoli exit of the Mumbai-Pune expressway on the Yashwantrao Chavan expressway and the Sinhgad Institute will now begin, after being a victim of several stop-start efforts due to the Covid-19 lockdowns dating back to August 2020. As part of the project, the existing six lanes on the said stretch will be turned …

India to have world's longest expressway by March 2022: Nitin Gadkari
3 years, 6 months ago

India to have world's longest expressway by March 2022: Nitin Gadkari

India TV News  

The construction for world's longest highway is underway as per Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari. Speaking at an event, Gadkari said, "The Expressway will be 1,380 km long and will go up to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, But now, we are also planning to take it up to Nariman Point." But now, it will only take …

India's first 5 Animal bridges to come up on this greenfield expressway. Details
4 years, 5 months ago

India's first 5 Animal bridges to come up on this greenfield expressway. Details

India TV News  

The road instrastructure development is currently one of the major focuses of the government as various expressway projects are underway in the country. While there are many features of this upcoming expressway that will lead to better connectivity between the two metropolis, one such highlights of the Delhi-Mumbai expressway is going to be animal bridges or animal overpasses, according to …

PM Modi to inaugurate strategic Atal Tunnel at Rohtang on Saturday
4 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi to inaugurate strategic Atal Tunnel at Rohtang on Saturday

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the strategically important all-weather Atal Tunnel, which reduces the distance between Manali and Leh by 46 km and the travel time by four to five hours, at Rohtang in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday. Atal Tunnel is the longest highway tunnel in the world, and the 9.02 km long tunnel connects Manali to Lahaul-Spiti valley …

40% work on Mumbai-Nagpur expressway complete: MSRDC official
4 years, 8 months ago

40% work on Mumbai-Nagpur expressway complete: MSRDC official

Live Mint  

At least 40 per cent work on the Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway has been completed and the stretch from Igatpuri to Nagpur will be fully operational by December 2021, a senior official from the MSRDC said on Wednesday. Addressing a virtual press conference, vice-chairman and managing director of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Radheshyam Mopalwar spoke about the progress of work on …

Maharashtra: Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway to be renamed after Balasaheb Thackeray, was earlier to be named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee
5 years, 3 months ago

Maharashtra: Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway to be renamed after Balasaheb Thackeray, was earlier to be named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Op India  

The Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi expressway, started by the previous BJP-led government, will be named after Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray, party leader and Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde said on Wednesday. According to the reports, Shinde said that the Rs 46,000-crore project will be named after the late Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray and the renaming proposal has the approval of all …

Pune-bound carriageway of Expressway closed for 2 hours on Friday
5 years, 6 months ago

Pune-bound carriageway of Expressway closed for 2 hours on Friday

Hindustan Times  

pranab.bhuyan@hindustantimes.com HT Image Navi Mumbai The Pune-bound carriageway of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway will be shut from noon to 2 pm on Friday, due works undertaken by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation. Hence, we have asked the state highway traffic officials to block one carriageway for two hours.” diverted at the Kalamboli circle. Subhash Pujari, assistant inspector from state highway …

Pragati Ka Highway: Breathtaking video highlights India’s giant strides in road connectivity
6 years ago

Pragati Ka Highway: Breathtaking video highlights India’s giant strides in road connectivity

India TV News  

Nitin Gadkari is one of the most performing ministers in the Narendra Modi-led government. Tagged as #NamumkinAbMumkinHai and #PragatiKaHighway, the video showcases how connectivity across India has improved with Zojila Tunnel, Delhi-Meerut Expressway, Kota Hanging Bridge, Bhupen Hazarika Bridge, Madurai-Ramanathapuram, Chenani-Nashri Tunnel, Eastern Peripheral Expressway, JNPT Road Connectivity and Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway. Zojila Tunnel, Jammu & Kashmir – Too boost winter …

After 7-day snow block, one-way traffic resumes on Jammu-Srinagar highway; 1,900 trucks with commodities cross Nashri Tunnel
6 years, 1 month ago

After 7-day snow block, one-way traffic resumes on Jammu-Srinagar highway; 1,900 trucks with commodities cross Nashri Tunnel

Firstpost  

Despite light snowfall and rains on Tuesday night, over 2,000 vehicles, including trucks carrying essentials like fuel, ration and vegetables, crossed Jawahar Tunnel after opening of the highway on Tuesday afternoon Banihal/Jammu: One way traffic from Jammu on the highway connecting Srinagar was allowed on Wednesday, a day after the strategic road linking Kashmir with rest of the country was …

Cube Highways in talks for India’s longest road tunnel
6 years, 8 months ago

Cube Highways in talks for India’s longest road tunnel

Live Mint  

Mumbai: Infrastructure company Cube Highways has begun talks with IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd to acquire the latter’s 9.2-km Chenani-Nashri road tunnel project in Jammu & Kashmir, two people aware of the development said. Cube Highways has shown an interest in the asset and they are currently engaged in talks with ITNL,” said one of the people cited above, requesting anonymity …

Planned traffic blocks on Mumbai-Pune Expressway continue; no major jams reported
7 years, 1 month ago

Planned traffic blocks on Mumbai-Pune Expressway continue; no major jams reported

Hindustan Times  

The Mumbai-Pune Expressway was blocked for short durations for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, as the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation continued with its rock-scaling work. Again, as on Tuesday, vehicles heading towards Mumbai are being halted near Adoshi tunnel on the ghats at Khopoli for 15 minutes every hour. “There have been no major traffic snarls till afternoon,” …

Engineering marvel: India’s highest tunnel to see light of day in October
7 years, 6 months ago

Engineering marvel: India’s highest tunnel to see light of day in October

Hindustan Times  

Running three years behind schedule, the strategic 8.8-km all-weather Rohtang Tunnel, the highest in the country, will open to emergency traffic in October. Being built under the Rohtang Pass at an altitude of 13,050 feet in the eastern Pir Panjal range of the Himalayas on the Leh-Manali highway, the horse-shoe shaped road tunnel will be functional for emergency vehicles through …

Your Mumbai-Nagpur commute is set to get faster, 27 firms queue up to build expressway
7 years, 9 months ago

Your Mumbai-Nagpur commute is set to get faster, 27 firms queue up to build expressway

Hindustan Times  

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation received 27 bids after it invited tenders in January to construct the Rs46,000-crore Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway. The expressway, named ‘Maharashtra Prosperity Corridor’, will pass through Vidarbha and Marathwada. “We have received 27 bids for the project,” said Kiran Kurundkar, joint managing director, MSRDC. An official said that of the total project cost of Rs46,000 crore, …

Govt will break world record for farmer suicides after Mumbai-Nagpur eway is built: Shiv Sena
7 years, 10 months ago

Govt will break world record for farmer suicides after Mumbai-Nagpur eway is built: Shiv Sena

Hindustan Times  

The Shiv Sena said the proposed expressway between Mumbai and Nagpur, called the Samruddhi Corridor, will lead to a rise in farmer suicides in Maharashtra. The only thing left now is to cut off the heads of the protesters,” read an editorial in the Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’. “Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis wears a smiling mask on his face …

PM inaugurates India’s longest tunnel in J-K: Here are 10 facts about Chenani-Nashri
8 years ago

PM inaugurates India’s longest tunnel in J-K: Here are 10 facts about Chenani-Nashri

Hindustan Times  

Chenani-Nashri tunnel, India’s longest highway tunnel, on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. Chenani-Nashri tunnel, India’s longest highway tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 2. The world’s longest highway tunnel is 24.51 km and is in Norway. The Chenani-Nashri tunnel will cut distance …

Mumbai-Pune Expressway to be expanded
10 years, 1 month ago

Mumbai-Pune Expressway to be expanded

India TV News  

Mumbai/Pune: India's busiest road, the Mumbai-Pune Expressway will be expanded by adding a lane on each side, developing new tunnels and bridges designed to cut travel time between the two cities by around 30-45 minutes, it was announced on Thursday. Considered a dream project of the late Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, the existing six-lane expressway was constructed between 1995-2000 …

Mumbai Eastern Expressway thrown open to public
11 years, 9 months ago

Mumbai Eastern Expressway thrown open to public

India TV News  

Mumbai, Jun 14: The 13.59 kilometre-long Eastern Freeway, aimed at reducing travel time for cars between suburbs and South Mumbai, was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan here on Thursday. The project, which has been in the making for five years, includes a 550-metre twin tunnel and a 9.29 km elevated road which is the second longest in urban …

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