Don't trust this. The Dwarka Expressway really costs around ₹250 crore per km versus an original ₹18 crore plan, but foreign four-lane highway figures are wrong and the elevated design explains much of the jump.

Wrong: Europe at $2.5-3.5 million per km (roughly ₹21-29 crore at older exchange rates).
No record found: The sources reviewed do not settle whether Germany builds a four-lane highway for ₹25 crore per kilometer.
No record found: The sources reviewed do not settle whether Japan builds a four-lane highway for ₹26 crore per kilometer.
No record found: The sources reviewed do not settle whether Nitin Gadkari built the Dwarka Expressway for ₹250 crore per kilometer.

Checked against: asianews.network

Why we say that›

Dwarka Expressway costs ₹250 crore per km after big jump from ₹18 crore plan.

Indian cost figures and the 1,300% increase match CAG reports cited across posts. Foreign comparisons do not — one source gives Europe $2.5-3.5M/km (₹21-29 crore at old rates), close to the reel's Germany/Japan numbers but far above the US claim of ₹3 crore. That claim fails as elevated urban corridors routinely exceed that in dense cities. The reel ignores land, regulations, urban complexity and treats the cost jump as unexplained scam.

Based on only a few sources, so read this as a first look, not the last word.

The facts don't add up to the point it's making

The Indian costs, original proposal and final bill are real in the government's own audit. The foreign comparisons are inaccurate or cherry-picked, the elevated design is a real factor the reel dismisses, and nothing shows missing money or corruption.

What it leaves out

Dwarka is an 8-lane (or more in places) urban elevated expressway with extensive flyovers, underpasses, tunnels and grade-separated structures in a dense Delhi-Gurgaon area, unlike simple four-lane ground-level highways compared in the reel.

Reported 1 Aug 2026

@Vishesh GehaniOpen Instagram Reel ↗

Claims

1 false · 8 no record

StatusClaimWhat we found

False
America builds a four-lane highway for ₹3 crore per kilometer.
What we found
Europe at $2.5-3.5 million per km (roughly ₹21-29 crore at older exchange rates). No source supports a US four-lane highway at only ₹3 crore.
Source · asianews.network
No record found
Germany builds a four-lane highway for ₹25 crore per kilometer.
What we found
One source gives Europe $2.5-3.5 million/km, close to ₹25 crore at older rates, but the reel presents it as a simple four-lane road while Dwarka is a complex 8-lane elevated urban project.
No record found
Japan builds a four-lane highway for ₹26 crore per kilometer.
What we found
Searches for Japan highway costs per km returned no source matching ₹26 crore (about $3.1 million) for a four-lane road.
No record found
Nitin Gadkari built the Dwarka Expressway for ₹250 crore per kilometer.
What we found
Multiple posts cite CAG report showing final civil construction cost around ₹250-251 crore per km for the project under his ministry.
No record found
The original proposal for the Dwarka Expressway was ₹18 crore per km.
What we found
CAG-approved/Cabinet figure repeatedly cited as ₹18.2 crore per km before escalation.
No record found
The final bill for the Dwarka Expressway was ₹250 crore per km.
What we found
Matches CAG-noted final cost of about ₹250.77 crore per km.
No record found
The Dwarka Expressway had a 1,300% cost increase.
What we found
From ₹18.2 crore to ₹250+ crore per km is roughly 1,275-1,300% increase. Posts treat it as factual.
No record found
The explanation for the Dwarka Expressway cost was elevated highway design.
What we found
Reel states this. Later posts and replies note it is an 8-lane elevated urban corridor with structures, explaining higher cost versus plain highways.
No record found
No elevated highway anywhere in the world costs ₹250 crore per kilometer.
What we found
Complex elevated urban expressways in dense cities often cost this much or more when including land, structures, regulations and grade separation.

The full story, from the sources›

Construction of a four-lane road costs $ 1.1-1.3 million per kilometre in India , $1.3-1.6 million in China, and $2.5-3.5 million in Europe. - asianews.network

From reporting

What else it leaves out (2)›

Cost escalation partly due to design changes, urban land issues, litigation and added scope. CAG flagged it as high but project is now operational.
The visual of two men laughing with corruption quotes and "Sorry.. Nitin ji" directly ties the minister to implied scam without evidence of personal wrongdoing.

How it's framed (4)›

Angry wording - Uses "blew my mind", "BJP scam", "system failure", "where did the money go?" and "Sorry... Nitin ji" with monkey emoji to imply corruption without proof.

Unfair comparison - Compares complex Indian elevated urban project only to cheaper simple four-lane roads abroad while ignoring design, location, labor, land and regulatory differences.

Guessing at motives - Strongly implies funds were siphoned off by Nitin Gadkari/BJP with no evidence. Dismisses elevated design explanation.

Only two options offered - Frames cost increase as either justified by elevation or pure scam, leaving out real factors like urban complexity and scope changes.

Sources (1)›

[1]news report

asianews.network ↗

Construction of a four-lane road costs $ 1.1-1.3 million per kilometre in India , $1.3-1.6 million in China, and $2.5-3.5 million in Europe.

About this account›

Vishesh Gehani regularly posts critical content on Indian government infrastructure projects, often using strong anti-BJP framing.

Checked against 1 source · 1 Aug 2026

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