The government has unveiled plans to build 16 greenfield expressways that will pass through relatively backward regions of the country , boosting connectivity and ensuring that economic benefits reach these areas.
Highways minister Nitin Gadkari told the Lok Sabha that the Vadodara-Mumbai, Jaipur-Ajmer-Ahmedabad and Amaravati-Hyderabad-Bengaluru stretches are part of the 16 projects. About 7 of these e-ways were announced during UPA -1 in 2005; NDA has added 9 more as it seeks to revive the highways sector and boost growth. It may take several years to build these e-ways as issues of land acquisition and tying up enormous amount of funds for the projects is expected to take time. State governments would have to be taken on board to fast-track the projects.
Gadkari said the seven stretches, covering 1,000 km at a cost of Rs.16,500 crore (cost of that year), were approved in January 2005 by the UPA-I and it was also decided to give top priority to Vadodara-Mumbai corridor since it had maximum traffic density .
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