India, Aug. 1 -- The Bandikui-Jaipur Expressway - part of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway - has been opened to the public, significantly slashing travel time between Delhi-NCR and Jaipur in Rajasthan.

The new route, opened to commuters on July 15 after safety checks, is expected to reduce Delhi-Jaipur travel time to just two-and-a-half to three hours under normal conditions, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials said.

For Amit Yadav, a Gurugram-based IT consultant, it took three-and-a-half hours to reach Jaipur instead of the usual five to five-and-a-half hours using the Bandikui-Jaipur Expressway. "Last weekend, we drove down to my in-laws' house in Jaipur. We took the new route and the entire journey was incredibly smooth-...