New Delhi, April 30 -- As many as 36 green express highways are under development which once completed would change the economic scenario of logistic cost in the country, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said.
Speaking at the 57th EEPC India National Awards in New Delhi, Gadkari said that the Mumbai-Delhi green expressway once fully operational would reduce car journeys to 12 hours, and trucks would take 16-18 hours as compared to 47 hours now.
Now the Delhi-Dehradun expressway has been opened. It now takes only two hours (by car) to travel between two cities. Previously, it used to take 8-9 hours, he said.
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