The state government on Tuesday approved a provision of Rs 20,787 crore for the ambitious Shaktipeeth Marg (Expressway) Project. The 802.59-km-long expressway will connect 12 districts and aims to cut travel time between Nagpur and Goa from the current 18 hours to about eight hours. The expressway commences from Pavnar (Wardha district) and concludes at Patradevi on the Maharashtra-Goa border.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis gave his approval to the project that links pilgrimage destinations such as Pandharpur, Akkalkot, Mahur, Tuljapur, Kolhapur, Ambejogai, Narsobachi Wadi, and two famous jyotirlingas — Parli Vaijnath and Aundha Nagnath.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. File pic