The Delhi-Mumbai highway has been closed for traffic due to severe floods in the area. The employee of the company building this highway had blamed rats for the road collapse. An employee of KCC Buildcon, who is a junior employee of the company, had said that rats had caused the highway to crumble. Following the controversy, the company fired the employee.
The dismissed employee had no technical knowledge of highway construction. In a statement, the company said his comments were "extremely inappropriate" and he had been fired. The company also clarified that the employee was not a maintenance manager. As a result, a huge amount of water has flowed down the drain, "he said.
Balveer Yadav, Dausa director of the project, said the pit might have caved in due to water seepage. After getting information about the pothole on the road, the contractor immediately put up a barricade at the spot of the pothole.
It was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
The second phase of the highway was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2, 2023. In the second phase, 373 km in Rajasthan, 244 km in Madhya Pradesh and 79 km in Haryana were unveiled. The Sohna-Dausa phase was already operational.
What is the length of the highway?
The Mumbai-Delhi highway is the longest highway in India at 1,386 km. This includes Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Chhattisgarh. On July 31, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Rajya Sabha that 80 per cent of the work on the project has been completed and the highway work will be completed within a year.
