Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari says a new road project will connect Delhi and Haridwar and is intended to cut travel time to around 90 minutes. The announcement focuses on an expressway-style route designed to improve connectivity between the two cities.
Across outlets, coverage centres on the travel-time reduction target and the promise of faster access. Times of India also links the change to easier reach of pilgrimage sites and tourism, and adds a broader connectivity/economic-growth framing by referencing links to rural areas and business centres. India Today similarly highlights that the expressway is “coming soon.” The Economic Times describes the plan in terms of shortened journeys, with the headline implying an even quicker drive time.
Overall, sources agree on Gadkari’s announcement and the central goal of dramatically reducing Delhi–Haridwar travel time, while differing in how much context they add on tourism, pilgrimage access, or wider economic impacts.
