Construction begins on new Mumbai-Pune highway, to cut travel time to just 1.5 hrs

Mumbai: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari said that construction has already started on a new Mumbai-Pune highway that will make travel between the two cities easier and faster. Once completed, the travel time from Mumbai to Pune will go down to just 90 minutes (1.5 hours).

The union minister added that the same highway will also extend towards Bengaluru, cutting down the journey from Pune to Bengaluru to just five hours. "The new Mumbai-Pune highway is already being built. It will start near the Atal tunnel, which was planned during my time, and connect to the upcoming Pune Ring Road. This will bring down the Mumbai-Pune travel time to one and a half hours. Since I don’t have time for formal ceremonies, work has already begun," Gadkari said during an event in Pune.

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"The same road will then continue to Bengaluru, and people will be able to reach there from Pune in just five hours," he added.

Recently, Gadkari also took part in an event in Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, where he inaugurated and laid the foundation for 29 new National Highway projects. These roads will cover 272 kilometers and cost more than Rs 5,233 crore.

He was joined by several leaders including Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu, Union Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Deputy CM Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma, Pawan Kalyan, and other officials like MPs and MLAs.

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Gadkari also spoke about how India’s logistics costs have gone down. Thanks to better highways, the cost of moving goods has dropped from 16 per cent to 10 per cent of the GDP, and it is expected to go even lower — to 9 per cent by December 2025.

This will help the country increase exports and create more employment opportunities. He also shared that the total length of National Highways built by NHAI has gone up by 120% — from 4,000 km in 2014 to 8,700 km in 2025.