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1.2 million tonnes of steel is to be used for the construction of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, which is equivalent to 50 Howrah Bridges. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a stretch of the much-awaited Delhi-Mumbai Expressway on February 12. The 1,386-km expressway will connect Delhi and Mumbai and will cut the travel time to around 12 hours. Cities on the route of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will also come closer. Travel time between Delhi and Jaipur will be brought down to 3.5 hours once Modi inaugurates the Sohna-Dausa stretch of the expressway on Sunday.

1. Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be an eight-lane access-controlled greenfield expressway which in future can be expanded to 12 lanes.

 2. 15,000-hectare land has been acquired along five states -- Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

3. There will be 94 wayside amenities to improve the commuter experience on the expressway.

4. There will be 40+ major interchanges on the expressway which will prove connectivity to Kota, Indore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Vadodara and Surat. 

5. The Sohna-Dausa stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project is likely to be opened for traffic from Tuesday. 

6. The project's initial budget in 2018 was ?98,000 crore. 12 lakh tons of steel are to be used for the construction of the Delhi-Mumbai expressway which is equivalent to 50 Howrah Bridges. The project is going to generate 10 crore man-days of employment. 

7. Delhi-Mumbai expressway will cut the distance between Delhi and Mumbai short by 180km (from 1,424 km to 1,242 km) 

8. This is the first expressway that developed with a 21-meter median on principles of forgiving highways allowing inward expansion, transport minister Nitin Gadkari said. 

9. There will be a state-of-the-art automated traffic management system on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. 

10. This is the first expressway in India and also Asia to accommodate animal overpasses, underpasses. It has been aligned to minimize the impact in Ranthambore Wildlife Sanctuary