New Mumbai-Pune Expressway: ₹15,000 Cr Project Cuts Travel to 90 Mins

• A new 130 km expressway between Mumbai and Pune will be built for approximately INR 15,000 crore.
• Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced the project, aiming to reduce travel time from 3 hours to just 90 minutes.
• The new expressway will alleviate heavy traffic congestion on the existing route, especially in the ghat section.
• The approved route will start from Pagote near JNPA and extend to Chowk in Panvel, improving connectivity.
• This infrastructure push also includes projects to reduce Mumbai-Bengaluru travel to 5.5 hours and a new expressway connecting Pune to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.

Why It Matters: New ₹15,000 crore Mumbai-Pune expressway to cut travel time to 90 minutes, easing congestion.