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What is the purpose of developing the Golden Quadrilateral in India?
Topic: Golden Quadrilateral
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To link the four metropolitan cities — Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata — with high-speed highways, cutting travel time and cost and speeding the movement of goods between the major ports, cities and markets.
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