Modi roadshow LIVE UPDATES: PM to travel in open jeep on Delhi-Meerut Expressway, inaugurate India’s first smart highway

PM Modi roadshow LIVE: Modi will hold a roadshow from Nizamuddin Bridge and travel 6 km on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway and then fly to Baghpat to inaugurate the EPE. Follow LIVE UPDATES

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: May 27, 2018 8:41:36 am
PM Modi to travel in open jeep on Delhi-Meerut expressway, inaugurate Rs 11,000 crore Eastern Peripheral Expressway PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the much-awaited Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), built at a cost of Rs 11,000 crore. (Express Photo By Amit Mehra)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel in an open jeep on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway on Sunday and also inaugurate the much-awaited Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), built at a cost of Rs 11,000 crore. The 135-kilometer EPE is India’s first smart and green highway and has been completed in a record 500 days, said Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. PM Modi will begin his roadshow from the Nizamuddin Bridge, the start of the about 9 km first leg of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway, and after a 6-km travel on the stretch, he is scheduled to fly to Baghpat to inaugurate the EPE.

In Delhi, the prime minister will also inaugurate an exhibition on the project, along with a 3D model. The EPE will connect Kundli with Palwal via Sonepat, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad. The completion of the entire expressway will reduce the travel time from Delhi to Meerut to 45 minutes, from the current four hours, Gadkari said.

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Prime Minister Modi will hold a roadshow and also inaugurate the Eastern Peripheral Expressway. Follow LIVE UPDATES

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    08:41 (IST) 27 May 2018

    Welcome to the Live blog. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Eastern Peripheral Expressway on Sunday. He will also hold a roadshow before the inauguration. Follow this space to track all the latest developments

    At the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, Saturday. (Express photo/Gajendra Yadav)

    The 135-km EPE, built at a cost of Rs 11,000 crore, has several unique features and is India's first highway to be lit by solar power besides provisions of rainwater harvesting on every 500 metres on both sides and would showcase 36 national monuments and 40 fountains. There are 8 solar plants on this expressway having a capacity of 4000-kilowatt (4 MW).

    The expressway is expected to be completed within few months. After the EPE is open to the public, trucks that are headed to UP or beyond can use it and avoid entering Delhi.

    "This is the first national highway in the country with 14 lanes and has several features that would reduce pollution. It has a 2.5-metre wide cycle track on either side, a vertical garden on the Yamuna bridge, solar lighting system and drip irrigation for plants at the roadside," Nitin Gadkari said.

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