Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal expressway or the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
He asserted that Rs 3 trillion have been spent in laying a network of 28,000 km of highways while addressing a rally during the inauguration.
Earlier in the day, Modi inaugurated the first phase of the newly built 14-lane Delhi-Meerut expressway and also held a roadshow covering a distance of around 6 kms. The whole Delhi-Meerut expressway project is expected to cost around Rs 40 billion.
Modi took the opportunity to talk about the schemes, policies and achievement of his