New Delhi: The work progress of expressway projects is being monitored by the road ministry and the National Highways Authority of India at top level, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
In response to a question in the Lok Sabha, Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari said that regional offices of NHAI and project implementation units are also monitoring these projects to ensure timely completion. All expressway projects are targeted for completion by 2024-25, the minister said.
As per the minister's written reply, Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (1,291 km), Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway (672 km), Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway (262 km), Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway (109 km), Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway (63 km), Dwarka Expressway (28 km), and Delhi-Meerut Expressway (82 km) are targeted for completion by the year 2024-25.
'The implementation and timely completion of projects are monitored by Ministry and National Highways Authority of India at headquarters level as well as regional offices and project implementation units level through periodic review meetings,' Gadkari said.
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