The central authorities has introduced a brand new greenfield entry freeway between Bengaluru and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, passing by Kadapa. This 342-kilometre-long freeway will improve the convenience of commute between two neighbouring states in South India.
Union minister for highway transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari wrote on his Twitter, “The challenge for 342 km lengthy Bangalore-Kadapa-Vijayawada Greenfield Entry Managed Hall is being developed at a complete capital value of Rs. 13,600 Cr.(Sic)”
At present, it takes roughly 11 hours to journey to Vijayawada from Bengaluru however this new freeway is predicted to scale back journey time by 5 hours, making it a 6-hour drive between these two cities. “Connecting the 2 main cities within the southern states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, it should cut back the journey distance between the two cities by 75 km & journey time by 5 hours.” added the minister.
The much-awaited challenge is more likely to be completed by the monetary 12 months 2025-2026. He additional wrote, “The hall would improve connectivity to current and upcoming financial & industrial nodes akin to Guntur, Kadapa, Koparthy. The challenge shall be accomplished by FY25-26. #PragatiKaHighway(Sic)”
Earlier, Nitin Gadkari additionally introduced a freeway between Bengaluru and Chennai will assist the commuters to journey between these capital cities in the time-frame of two hours. He mentioned, “India may have 26 new inexperienced expressways within the subsequent three years and this can cut back the journey time for folks selecting roadways. Bengaluru-Chennai expressway is one in every of them and it’s going to assist commuters to achieve their cities (Chennai or Bengaluru) in simply two hours. I want to reiterate that our roads are going to be at least the roads of America in coming future”