Overview
- Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari told the Rajya Sabha the government has decided to build a Surat–Kurnool Green Express highway.
- The proposed alignment runs Surat–Nashik–Ahmednagar–Solapur–Kurnool, with onward links to Chennai, Kanyakumari, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kochi.
- Gadkari said the corridor would shorten the Delhi–Chennai route by about 320 kilometres and lower travel costs.
- He said Delhi–Mumbai road travel would be possible within roughly 12 hours once the new highway is in place.
- The announcement did not include timelines, funding or clearances, and it was framed as relief for heavy north–south traffic through hubs such as Surat, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Pune and Kolhapur.