New Delhi, Jan. 2 -- Now it's going to be possible to cover the distance by road between Surat and Chennai in 17 hours as the Centre has approved Rs.19,142 crore National Highway investment plan. This major roadway project will cut the travel time by 14 hours from the previous 31 hours.

The Cabinet on 31 December 2025 gave green light to the construction of a section of the Surat-Chennai high-speed corridor - the 374-km Greenfield access-controlled Nashik-Solapur-Akkalkot highway in Maharashtra. NHAI in a post on X stated, "The Union Cabinet has approved the development of the 374 km long 6-lane Greenfield Nashik-Solapur-Akkalkot Corridor, a major milestone in India's high-speed National Highway infrastructure."

Suggesting that the proj...