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UP’s road network to expand with ₹1,050 cr for 4 new expressways
The proposed expressway projects will further strengthen Uttar Pradesh’s road network, which already boasts the longest operational expressway network in India.
The Yogi Adityanath-led government on Thursday unveiled a mega expansion plan for the state’s road network, featuring four new expressways and a boost to the Defence Industrial Corridor Project along the Bundelkhand Expressway.
The proposed expressway projects will further strengthen Uttar Pradesh’s road network, which already boasts the longest operational expressway network in India. The state currently has five operational expressways spanning 1,194 km, and one under construction expressway—the 594-km long Ganga Expressway.
Finance minister Suresh Khanna proposed a budgetary allocation of ₹900 crore for an entry-controlled greenfield expressway connecting the Agra-Lucknow Expressway to the Ganga Expressway (Kausiya in Hardoi district) via Farrukhabad.
For the Varanasi division of eastern Uttar Pradesh, the government has proposed the Vindhya Expressway with a budgetary allocation of ₹50 crore. This expressway will link the Ganga Expressway to Sonbhadra via Prayagraj, Mirzapur, Varanasi and Chandauli.
Additionally, the government has allocated ₹50 crore for the extension of the Ganga Expressway, which is proposed to connect Meerut with Haridwar.
Another major road project, the Bundelkhand-Rewa Expressway, will come up in the Bundelkhand region, with a budget allocation of ₹50 crore.
In a significant move to boost the Defence Industrial Corridor Project along the Bundelkhand Expressway, the government has allocated ₹461 crore under the Make in India initiative of the Modi government.
The government also aims to attract an investment of ₹9,500 crore in the Defence Corridor.
Four new expressways
Agra-Lucknow Expressway to Ganga Expressway (Kausiya, Hardoi) via Farrukhabad – ₹900 crore
Vindhya Expressway (Ganga Expressway to Sonbhadra via Prayagraj, Mirzapur, Varanasi, Chandauli) – ₹50 crore
Ganga Expressway Extension (Meerut to Haridwar) – ₹50 crore
Bundelkhand-Rewa Expressway – ₹50 crore
Defence Industrial Corridor Project
Budget allocation – ₹461 crore
