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The Union Cabinet connected Wednesday (December 31, 2025) approved the operation of six-lane greenfield access-controlled Nashik-Solapur-Akkalkot corridor successful Maharashtra with a full superior outgo of ₹19,142 crore.
The 374-km task volition beryllium constructed connected BOT (Toll) mode, according to an authoritative statement.
This task volition supply connectivity to important determination cities specified arsenic Nashik, Ahilyanagar, Solapur connecting to Kurnool, it said.
This infrastructure is simply a important measurement to facilitate integrated transport infrastructure improvement nether the PM Gatishakti National Master Plan principle, it added.
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The greenfield corridor from Nashik to Akkalkot is projected to beryllium connected to the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway adjacent Vadhawan larboard interchange, Agra-Mumbai corridor astatine Nashik astatine junction with NH-60 (Adegaon) and Samruddhi Mahamarg astatine Pangri (near Nashik).
The connection said the projected corridor volition supply done connectivity from westbound seashore to eastbound coast.
From the Chennai larboard end, four-lane corridors are already successful advancement from Chennai to Hasapur (MH Border) via Thiruvallur, Renigunta, Kadappa, and Kurnool (700 km long).
The superior intent of the projected access-controlled six-lane greenfield task corridor is to amended question ratio and is expected to trim question clip by 17 hours and trim the question region by 201 km.
Nashik-Akkalkot (Solapur) connectivity volition amended logistics ratio for freight originating and terminating astatine large National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) nodes of Kopparthy and Orvakal.
The six-lane access-controlled greenfield corridor with adjacent tolling, supporting mean vehicular speeds of 60 km/hour with plan velocity of 100 km/hour.
This volition trim the wide question clip to astir 17 hours from 31 hours, portion offering safer, faster, and uninterrupted connectivity for some passengers and freight vehicles, the connection said.
According to the statement, the task volition make astir 251.06 lakh man-days of nonstop employment and 313.83 lakh man-days of indirect employment.
The task volition besides induce further employment opportunities owed to summation successful economical enactment successful the vicinity of the projected corridor, it said.
