Delhi-Vadodara by road to take just 10 hours now

Oct 02, 2023 Shipra Parashar

PM Modi is set to inaugurate 2nd stretch of Delhi-Mumbai expressway up to Gujarat

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The Delhi-Vadodara section of expressway is built at a cost of Rs 12,000 crore

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The new expressway will almost halve travel time between Delhi and Vadodara

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The road journey time between Delhi and Vadodara will be down to 10 hours

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The distance between the two cities via road was more than 1,000 km…

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…but with the new expressway, the distance will come down to just 845km

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Earlier it took around 18-20 hrs depending on route to cover distance

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Jaipur-Udaipur route is slightly shorter and takes around 17 hours

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It passes through Haryana (79km), Rajasthan (373km) and Madhya Pradesh (244km)

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