Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today announced construction of an 800 kms Nagpur-Mumbai expressway. This Nagpur-Amravati-Aurangabad-Ghoti-Mumbai expressway, also called Communication Super-expressway, would be build at the cost of Rs. 30,000 crore.
Speaking at State Legislative Assembly today, Fadnavis expressed confidence that this project would be completed in coming five years and the travel time between the state capital and second capital would be brought down from 14 hours to 10 hours. This super-expressway will become a road to development for the backwards regions of northern Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha in the state.
This would be a six-lane road and in the first phase a four lane road would be constructed. This road will be equipped with CCTV cameras, wi-fi facility and optical fibre network. Besides this, the state government also plans to develop IT parks, smart cities, education hubs along the road.