Overview
- The six-lane, access-controlled highway, inaugurated Tuesday in Dehradun, spans 213 km across Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and is billed to cut travel time from over six hours to about two and a half.
- Built at a reported cost of over Rs 12,000 crore, the corridor includes 10 interchanges, three rail overbridges, four major bridges and 12 wayside amenities to support faster, safer travel.
- Marking B.R. Ambedkar’s 135th birth anniversary, Modi said his government’s decisions over the past decade restored the Constitution’s dignity and advanced social justice.
- He said the Constitution now applies across the country after the 2019 removal of Article 370 and praised Uttarakhand for adopting a Uniform Civil Code, a single set of personal laws the BJP has long advocated.
- Modi apologized for arriving late, citing a 12-km roadshow that drew large crowds, and he highlighted wildlife-friendly design features such as a 12-km elevated section, animal passes and elephant underpasses.