New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari has revealed that travel time between Delhi and Haridwar can soon be reduced to a merely one-and-a-half hours once the upcoming road project gets open for the public next month.

Gadkari revealed this at a conference by the CII on Tuesday on 'Highways of India's Future: Smart, Safe and Sustainable'.

The union minister said that the infrastructure push by the central government is helping reduce travel time to religious places while also boosting tourist traffic and simultaneously creating employment.

He also mentioned how the recently opened Delhi-Dehradun corridor has brought down travel time between the two cities from seven to merely two hours.

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