After completion of Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway, travel time between Pune to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar will be reduced to 2 hours: Gadkari
After completion of Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway, travel time between Pune to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar will be reduced to 2 hours: Gadkari
Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, announced that the travel time between Pune and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, earlier known as Aurangabad, will be reduced to just two hours once the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway is completed. This highway will connect to Pune through a Ring Road, making the journey between the two cities much quicker. Furthermore, the expressway will provide direct access to the Atal Setu, also known as the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL). Construction on this ambitious 14-lane Mumbai-Bengaluru highway is set to start in the next six months.
The minister mentioned that the travel time between Pune and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar will only take two hours, according to a report. It is also anticipated that this new highway will reduce traffic on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway by 50 percent. The new road will be located near the Atal Setu, which is India’s longest sea bridge, connecting Sewri in Mumbai to Navi Mumbai. This road will extend to Pune and further connect to Bengaluru via a ring road. “There is significant congestion on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. A 14-lane road will be constructed near Atal Setu, leading to Pune through a ring road and then to Bengaluru. This will help alleviate traffic on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway by 50 per cent,” Gadkari stated.
The minister spoke at COEP University of Technology during the celebration of Visvesvaraya’s birth anniversary, addressing students at the Engineers’ Day event organized by the university’s alumni association. He mentioned that approximately 65 percent of the population still resides in rural areas, where agriculture is their main source of income. He stressed that achieving India’s goal of self-sufficiency requires progress in research and technology within the agricultural sector.
