New Delhi, May 23 -- Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Harsh Malhotra, on May 17, inspected the progress of the entire 210-km stretch of the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials, who accompanied the minister, informed him that the remaining portions of the mega project would be finished within 2-3 months. Once operational, the expressway is expected to cut journey time from 6.5 hours to 2.5 hours.

It is also called National Highway 709B.

It is being developed at a cost of nearly Rs.12,000 crore and will begin at Akshardham in Delhi and connect Baghpat, Shamli, and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh before reaching Dehradun. The project consists of a 3.4-kilometre section in Deh...