The Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray said that the first phase of the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway from Nagpur to Shirdi will be open to the public on May 1, 2021, was announced on Saturday.

The announcement by the chief minister was made after reviewing the work at Shivni-Rasulapur in Nandgaon-Khandeshwar taluka of Amravati district. Thackeray said, "The Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Samruddhi Expressway will be the best in the country and in the next six months, the road up to Shirdi will be open to traffic." The Expressway at Amravati is stretched to 74-km long and Mr.  Thackeray traveled 6 km on the stretch to check the quality and speed. Work on the project continued even during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, which is why most of it is complete, the chief minister said. The eight-lane, 701-km long expressway is being built at the cost of 55,000 crores, will pass through 10 districts, and is expected to cut travel time between Mumbai and Nagpur to eight hours from the current 18 hours.

The Chief Minister was accompanied by state ministers Eknath Shinde, Yashomati Thakur, Sanjay Rathod, and senior officials during the visit to the expressway. 

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