Zee Media Bureau New Delhi: The Centre government has decided to build a new expressway on National Highway 2 between Delhi and Agra, according to media reports.
The 165kmlong Yamuna expressway is one of the longest access-controlled six-lane rigid pavements in India. The bad designing of the expressway which has led to many accidents in the past has been the reason why the government will come up with the new expressway.
The new Delhi-Agra Expressway will be 200 kilometre long. The government will also build six new highways in the country.
The Modi government in August also proposed to build an expressway between New Delhi and Katra, the base for pilgrims going to the holy shrine of Vaishno Devi in Jammu & Kashmir. The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is working on a plan to build the 600 km expressway, which would be India's longest.
First Published: Monday, September 14, 2015, 15:21