Why in News?

=> Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor (Eastern Peripheral Expressway Junction to Dehradun), Child Friendly City Project Dehradun, in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Also inaugurated the state-of-the-art Perfume and Fragrance Laboratory (Centre for Aromatic Plants) at Doon.

Key Points:

=> The total length of the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway will be 175 km. The highway will be built at a cost of about Rs 8,600 crore. The highway is being built to encourage economic activities and encourage investment.

=> The travel time between Delhi-Dehradun by road will be reduced from eight hours to about two-and-a-half hours.

=> It will be Asia's largest 12 km wildlife elevated corridor for uninterrupted movement of wildlife.

=> This expressway will have more than 750 rain water harvesting and water recharge points at an interval of 500 meters.

=> It will have six interchanges, four flyovers, six major bridges, 10 minor and two ROries and 10 VUPs.