New Delhi, April 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday inaugurate from Dehradun the 210km Delhi-Dehradun Expressway, which the government has said will reduce the travel time from six hours to two and a half hours.

Also known as NH709B, the greenfield project, built at a cost of Rs.11,868.6 crore, was initially slated for completion by December 2024 and passes through Baghpat, Baraut, Shamli, and Saharanpur. The project's foundation stone was first laid on February 26, 2021, by Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari, who will also be present at the inauguration. Later, Modi laid another foundation stone on December 4, 2021.

PM Modi posted on X: "It is a matter of immense joy that the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor wi...