Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said that the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will earn toll revenues worth ₹ 1,000 to 1,500 crore every month when it becomes operational.
The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is likely to be completed by March 2023 and is being built as part of the first phase of the "Bharatmala Pariyojana".
The eight-lane expressway, covering Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, is expected to halve the commute time between the national capital and the country's financial hub from nearly 24 hours to 12 hours.
The minister described the expressway as a "gold mine" for generating income.
Gadkari further said that the national highways infrastructure is a world-class success story after completing his tour to assess the progress of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway that will pass through four states apart from the national capital.
A confident Gadkari also asserted that the NHAI will rake in annual toll income to the tune of ₹ 1.4 lakh crore in the next five years from the current level of ₹ 40,000 crore.