In Maharashtra, more than 40 per cent work on the Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway has been completed and the stretch from Igatpuri to Nagpur will be fully operational by December 2021.<br />''<br />''Addressing a virtual press conference, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Radheshyam Mopalwar yesterday said, the aim is to complete the 31-kilometre stretch of the 701-kilometre Hindu Hruday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg before the State Assembly's Winter Session in December 2021.<br />''<br />''Speaking about the development of 20 townships and nodes along the route of the expressway, the official said, the decision of which part of the land will remain with the people and what will be in the corporation's possession has been identified. He said the corporation will make up for the lost time and labour lost due to Coronavirus induced lockdown. <br />