New Delhi, June 29 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday stated that the Vadodara-Mumbai stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is likely to be operational by August 31 this year, reducing travel time between Mumbai and Vadodara from about eight hours to nearly four hours.

He mentioned the expressway would significantly improve connectivity between Delhi and Mumbai while strengthening links between key industrial hubs.

The Mumbai-Delhi Expressway, one of India's largest infrastructure projects, is a 1,400-kilometre, eight-lane, access-controlled greenfield corridor being developed by the Union government at an estimated cost of Rs.1 lakh crore. The expressway will pass through Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Guja...