Zip from B'luru to Chennai in 2.15 hrs by 2024: Gadkari
The Morning Standard|January 06, 2023
FROM March 2024, people can zip from Bengaluru to Chennai in 2 hours 15 minutes at a speed of 120km/hour, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday, after inspecting the progress of the new 8-lane, 262-km Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway at Vadaganahalli, on the outskirts of Bengaluru.
Zip from B'luru to Chennai in 2.15 hrs by 2024: Gadkari

Calling the expressway "Pragati ka highway (highway of development)", Gadkari said it is being built at a cost of Rs 16,730 crore and passes through Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. More than 35 per cent of works are complete.

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