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The Modi government is planning to construct an electric highway from Delhi to Jaipur. The Road Transport and Highways Ministry is in talks with a foreign company to construct an electric highway from Delhi to Jaipur, Union Minister Nitin Gadkri said.

While reviewing the progress of the upcoming largest expressway project- Delhi – Mumbai Expressway (DME) at Dausa, in the state of Rajasthan, the Road Transport and Highways Minister said like electric railway engines, trucks and buses will be powered by electricity as well. It's his dream to build an electric highway from the national capital to the city of Jaipur, Gadkari said. The electric highway is still a proposed project. The government is in discussion with a foreign company, the minister added.

Meanwhile, the Road Transport and Highways Minister also said that Delhi – Katra Expressway will be launched in two years to reduce distance from 727 kilometres to 572 kilometres. People will reach Katra from Delhi in just six hours.