Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that the Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway would be ready in January and the travelling time would be 2 hours.
“We are building 36 green expressway projects. We are building the Chennai-Delhi expressway. I just took a review of the Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway which would be completed by the end of this year and operational in January,” he said, speaking at an event organised to mark the 75th Anniversary of Ashok Leyland, the flagship company of the Hinduja Group.
Mr. Gadkari noted that the automobile sector contributes 6.5% to India’s GDP and would play a key role in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a $5-trillion economy. The Indian automobile sector is the third largest in the world, and also contributes the maximum GST to the Central and State governments, he said.
