Amravati. The work of Samridhi Highway, capable of crossing the Nagpur to Mumbai gap in just 6 to 7 hours, is starting at a high speed. This highway is passing through 12 districts of the state. In which Nagpur-Mumbai out of total 701 km distance, 74 km route is going through Amravati district. But reaching Mumbai from Nagpur via the prosperity highway will be financially beyond the common people. Because a total of 26 toll nakas are being set up from Nagpur to Mumbai. Where tolls will be deducted at the rate of Rs 1.73 per kilometer on light vehicles including cars, jeeps and vans. In this way, a total of Rs 1 thousand 213 will have to be spent on toll only to reach Mumbai from Nagpur.
The fare of AC third class in the train is Rs 1210.
Traveling by train can reach Mumbai from Nagpur in 12 hours. The fare for any super fast train from Nagpur to Mumbai is Rs.1210 in AC-Third class ticket. Whereas on the prosperity highway, the same expenditure has to be paid only in lieu of toll. If the cost of petrol and diesel from light vehicles including cars, jeeps and vans is caught, then even according to the mileage of 10 km per liter, Rs 1,213 after spending about 6500 rupees on fuel to cross the 701 kilometer Nagpur-Mumbai gap. The additional expenditure of Rs.
In this way, about 7 and a half thousand rupees will have to be spent in crossing the distance of Nagpur to Mumbai via any kind of four wheeler via Samridhi highway. Whereas in this cost per ticket (fare) from Nagpur to Mumbai plane is maximum 6 thousand rupees and minimum 2650 rupees. So will it not be cheaper to go by plane instead of prosperity highway, this question is being raised. Then the prosperity highway being built at a total cost of 60 thousand crores can be used only in emergency. This is fixed.
Nagpur-Mumbai per fare by different modes
plane – one and a half hour
- Maximum Rs.6000
- Minimum Rs 2650
Train – 12 hours
- AC First Class – Rs 2875
- ST to Rs-1710
- AC 3-1210 rupees
- Sleeper – Rs 460
- Gen – Rs 270
ST- 14 Hours
- Bus- 1295
- Semi Luxury-1730
- Shivshahi- 1905
- Private Travels – Rs.2500