<p class="title">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of the Rs 7,500-crore Delhi-Meerut Expressway that will reduce the travel time considerably.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Modi, after inaugurating the 14-lane highway spanning Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to UP Gate, rode in an open car, waving at crowds gathered on either side of the highway.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Road Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari too rode in a separate open car alongside Modi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The roadshow started from Nizamuddin bridge, the start of the about 9-km first leg of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway. After a 6-km travel on the stretch, he flew to Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh to inaugurate the country's first smart and green highway, the Eastern Peripheral Expressway.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The first phase of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway cost Rs 842 crore on building the 9-km stretch of 14-lane highway, according to an advertisement released by the government on the project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Delhi-Meerut Expressway, which will have dedicated bicycle tracks on the nearly 28-km stretch between Delhi and Dasna, will cut travel time between Delhi and Meerut to 45 minutes from two-and-half hour now. The total length of the project is 82 km, of which the first 27.74 kms will be 14-laned, while the rest will be 6-lane expressway.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The expressway will do away with 31 traffic signals on the Delhi-Meerut road, the busiest highway in the region, and make it signal free.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Modi had in December 2015 laid the foundation stone of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway to be built at a cost of Rs 7,566 crore.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The project is being built in four segments -- Nizamuddin Bridge to UP Border, UP Border to Dasna, Dasna to Hapur and Hapur to Meerut.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Besides, six-laning of 22 km long Dasna-Hapur section of NH 24 will cost Rs 1,122 crore. </p>
<p class="title">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of the Rs 7,500-crore Delhi-Meerut Expressway that will reduce the travel time considerably.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Modi, after inaugurating the 14-lane highway spanning Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to UP Gate, rode in an open car, waving at crowds gathered on either side of the highway.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Road Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari too rode in a separate open car alongside Modi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The roadshow started from Nizamuddin bridge, the start of the about 9-km first leg of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway. After a 6-km travel on the stretch, he flew to Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh to inaugurate the country's first smart and green highway, the Eastern Peripheral Expressway.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The first phase of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway cost Rs 842 crore on building the 9-km stretch of 14-lane highway, according to an advertisement released by the government on the project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Delhi-Meerut Expressway, which will have dedicated bicycle tracks on the nearly 28-km stretch between Delhi and Dasna, will cut travel time between Delhi and Meerut to 45 minutes from two-and-half hour now. The total length of the project is 82 km, of which the first 27.74 kms will be 14-laned, while the rest will be 6-lane expressway.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The expressway will do away with 31 traffic signals on the Delhi-Meerut road, the busiest highway in the region, and make it signal free.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Modi had in December 2015 laid the foundation stone of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway to be built at a cost of Rs 7,566 crore.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The project is being built in four segments -- Nizamuddin Bridge to UP Border, UP Border to Dasna, Dasna to Hapur and Hapur to Meerut.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Besides, six-laning of 22 km long Dasna-Hapur section of NH 24 will cost Rs 1,122 crore. </p>