PM Modi dedicates first smart, green highway to the nation
PM Narendra Modi on Sunday dedicated the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, India's first green and smart highway, to the nation. Built at a cost of â¹11,000 crore, the 135-km expressway is powered by solar energy and has provisions for rainwater harvesting every 500 metres. Earlier, the Supreme Court directed authorities to open the expressway by May 31, even without an inauguration.