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Surat-Chennai Expressway is an under-construction, 1,271 km long, 4/6-lane access-controlled expressway, which will connect the second largest city of Gujarat, Surat, with the capital of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, in India.
It will pass through six states: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It will be operated and maintained by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), and will reduce both travel time and distance from around 35 hours to around 18 hours, and from approximately 1,570 km to 1,271 km . It is being built at a cost of ₹ 45,000 crore which was earlier slated at ₹ 50,000 crore. It will be the second longest expressway in India, after the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.
In this video
- Will give information about Surat-Chennai Expressway.
- Will give construction update of this expressway.
- When and how was it planned to be built?
- What will change with the construction of Surat Chennai Express way?