Update on Key Corridors/Expressways

The Flagship Corridors/Expressways update as per the Key Highlights of Union Budget 2021-22 includes the following: 1) Delhi-Mumbai Expressway – Remaining 260 km to be awarded before 31.3.2021. 2) Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway – 278 km to be initiated in the current FY; construction to begin in 2021-22. 3) Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway – 63 km expressway providing an alternate route to NH 27 to be initiated in 2021-22. 4) Delhi-Dehradun economic corridor – 210 km to be initiated in the current FY; construction to begin in 2021-22 5) Raipur-Vishakhapatnam – 464 km passing through Chhattisgarh, Odisha and North Andhra Pradesh, to be awarded in the current year; construction to start in 2021-22 6) Chennai-Salem corridor – 277 km expressway to be awarded and construction to start in 2021-22. 7) Amritsar-Jamnagar – Construction to commence in 2021-22. 8) Delhi-Katra – Construction will commence in 2021-22.