Features & Highlights
Features
- The total width of the expressway will be 120 meters comprising 6 lanes (provision for 8 lanes in future).
- The expressway will pass through 10 districts, 26 talukas, and 392 villages.
- The Samruddhi Expressway will ensure travel between Nagpur and Mumbai in just 8 hours.
- The proposed vehicle speed limit (designed speed) will be 150km/hr.
- 18 agriculture-oriented new townships will be developed at strategic intersections.
- It will be the countryâs most extensive âGreenfieldâ route alignment with the proposal to plant more than 11 lakh trees on both sides along the expressway.
- This expressway will include an intelligent highway management system for traffic surveillance along with CCTV cameras and free telephone booths installed at an approximate distance of 5 km on the expressway for quick reporting of mishaps or emergencies.
- The expressway will ensure a state-of-the-art transport network with the construction of diverse structures including 65 ïŽyovers, 33 major bridges, 274 minor bridges, 8 railway over bridges,25 interchanges, 6 tunnels, 189 underpasses, 110 underpasses for light vehicles, 209 underpasses for animal and pedestrians, 8 underpasses and 8 overpasses for wildlife movement.
- Extensive landscaping, tunnel lighting, bridge beautiïŽcation, improved street lighting, and digital signage will be used throughout the entire route of the expressway.
- The expressway will connect several tourism circuits offering eco pilgrim, and heritage tourism, including wildlife resorts, tiger safaris, museums, sightseeing destinations, and theme-based retail outlets. The Samrudhi Expressway and the interchanges to be constructed at 24 places will connect many tourist destinations in the state. This will boost tourism. Tourist places like Lonar Lake, Ellora-Ajanta Caves, Pench National Park, Shegaon, Sevagram, Shirdi, Daulatabad Fort, Bibi Ka Maqbara, etc. will be nearby.
- With electric vehicle charging points proposed at prospecting locations along the expressway and solar plants planned to generate 47 MW of energy, the Samruddhi Corridor aims to become a model of an energy-efficient corridor.
- To ensure digital readiness and resource availability, provisions will be laid down for optical fiber connectivity, natural gas pipelines, and an electricity grid along the expressway at industrial townships.
Highlights
- The expressway route alignment will connect Shivmadka village in Nagpur district to Amane village in Thane district, providing enhanced road network connectivity within the state
- The MSRDC led flagship project is estimated to contribute 6% to the National Trunk and Freight Infrastructure.
- The Samruddhi Corridor is estimated to directly impact around 36% of the State population residing along the HHBTMSM Expressway.
- The project recorded the fastest land acquisition ever done in the country, .i.e. 8,861.02 Hectares of land across 10 districts within 18 months.
- It is estimated that around 30,000-35,000 vehicles will use the expressway daily.
- As part of the National Gas Grid, the MumbaiâNagpurâRaipurâAngul Gas pipeline will run along the expressway. The project implementation process has already begun by GAIL.
- The MSRDC adopted a land pooling model for land acquisition, wherein 30 percent of the total land acquired under the âKrushi Samruddhi Kendraâ program will be returned to landowners.
- The farmers also received Rs 50,000 (as compensation) per hectare for non-irrigated land and Rs 1 lakh every year for irrigated land for the next 10 years.
- Based on the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) suggestions, wildlife mitigation measures are planned, and necessary structures like cattle underpasses are built for uninterrupted wildlife movement.
- The project follows the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) model.
- Around 320 private communicators were trained and deployed by MSRDC for land acquisition negotiations with prospecting landowners. With the help of these communicators, connecting with farmers was much easier and helped pace the land acquisition talks.Â