Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said the electric bus will be started by laying electric cable on the Delhi-Mumbai Express National Highway and the distance from Delhi to Jaipur will be covered in two hours and its fare will be 30 per cent less than a diesel bus.

Addressing the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of 17 road projects with an investment of more than ₹ 2,500 crore in Udaipur to accelerate Mewar’s development, Mr Gadkari said, “I believe that from Bandikui to Jaipur for ₹ 1,370 crore, we are constructing a 67-kilometer four-lane expressway.” “This work will be completed by November 2024 and after that, I assure you that the journey from Delhi to Jaipur will be within two hours,” he added.

Mr Gadkari said the Delhi-Mumbai express highway is the first in Asia and the second in the world on which we have built an animal overpass so that animals do not have to cross the road.

“I am very happy that we are making the roads of Rajasthan at par with the roads of the world,” he said.