Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said the Central government is making about 25 more Green Express Highways which will change the whole map of India. He added that the Centre is making roads worth Rs 1.5 lakh crores to free Delhi from the problems of traffic jams and pollution.

We are building so many highways in Delhi that we will reach from Delhi to Dehradun in 2 hours, Delhi to Amritsar in 3.5-4 hours, Delhi to Katra in 6 hours, Delhi to Srinagar in 8 hours, Delhi to Jaipur in 2 hours, Chennai to Bengaluru in 2 hours, Bengaluru to Mysuru in 1 hour, Meerut to Delhi in 50 minutes. We are making about 25 more Green Express Highways like this, and I think this will change the whole map of India…We are constructing the Kedarnath and Hemkund ropeways in Uttarakhand… We are making roads worth Rs 1.5 lakh crores to free Delhi from the problems of traffic jams and pollution,” he said.

Nitin Gadkari added that The Centre is building 36 tunnels between Srinagar and Jammu and out of which 23 have been completed and 4-5 tunnels are under construction.