Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: The Rajasthan segment of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is on track to be completed within this year. Spanning 373 km through Rajasthan, approximately 35 km of construction remains, with authorities confident that this work will wrap up by September. Once finished, the travel time between Kota and Delhi will be reduced to just four hours.

Officials from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) report that around 27 km of the stretch between Sawai Madhopur, Dausa, and Bundi is expected to be completed before April. Additionally, a tunnel near Kota is also slated for completion by September. Although the project was initially scheduled for completion in 2024, delays have occurred due to challenges in tunnel construction and other related issues.

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The expressway currently features eight lanes but is designed to be expandable to twelve lanes in the future to accommodate growing traffic demands. The NHAI has strategically acquired land to ensure that no further land acquisition will be necessary for future expansions. The maximum speed limit for light vehicles is currently set at 120 km/h, with plans to increase it to 140 km/h later on.

Traffic first began on the expressway with the section between Sohna and Bhandarej near Dausa, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Since then, construction has been progressing rapidly.

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The NHAI aims to complete the entire project by the end of this year or early next year, allowing for traffic flow on a route that will cover approximately 1386 km from Delhi to Mumbai in a claimed travel time of twelve hours.

In addition, work on a four-lane expressway connecting Jaipur to Bandikui is expected to be completed by March.