<h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">&nbsp;Delhi – Mumbai Expressway</strong></h1><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h3><strong>Context&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the <strong>first phase of the highly- anticipated Delhi-Mumbai expressway,</strong> February 12.</li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3><strong>About&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is a proposed 1380 km expressway that will link the capital city of <strong>Delhi to Mumbai, India.</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">The expressway is being planned as a six-lane expressway and will pass through the states of <strong>Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">Started in 2018, the project is set to be completed by the end of 2023.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">The expressway will be built in a <strong>Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.</strong></li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3><strong>﻿Special Features:</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">It will have wayside amenities – <strong>resorts, restaurants, food courts, fuel stations, facilities for truckers, logistics parks.</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">A <strong>helicopter ambulance service</strong> for accident victims and a heliport, which will use drone services for business as well.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">The expressway is the first in Asia and only the second in the world to feature animal overpasses to facilitate unrestricted movement of wildlife.</li></ul><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong>PRELIMS NOTES:</strong><a href="https://sunyaias.in/notes/prelims-2023" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a></h1>