“The expressway network will connect these areas with the Lucknow-State Capital Region and the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) to provide seamless connectivity for passengers and cargo,” UP government official said.
New Delhi: The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government is mulling to invest nearly Rs 50,000 crore in seven new expressway projects in the next 2-3 years. The new expressway will connect about 30 districts to the vast expressway network in the state. According to a senior UP government official, the combined length of these expressways is 866 km. The projects have been cleared by the UP cabinet.
UP accounts for the largest network of expressways in India, either operational or under construction These projects, to be undertaken by the UP Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), will feed the USD 1 trillion economy target of the Yogi Adityanath government in the state.
The seven new expressways will be a game changer and would interlink about 56 districts or 75 per cent of the total 75 districts in UP with a world-class expressways network.
The seven proposed expressways are Chitrakoot Link Expressway (120 km), Jhansi Link Expressway (100 km), Jewar Link Expressway (76 km), Vindhya Expressway (320 km), Vindhya Purvanchal Link Expressway (100 km), Agra Lucknow Expressway-Purvanchal Expressway Link Expressway (60 km), and Agra Lucknow Expressway-Ganga Expressway Link Expressway (90 km).
“The expressway network will connect these areas with the Lucknow-State Capital Region and the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) to provide seamless connectivity for passengers and cargo,” UP government official said.
Here are some of the key details:
- At present, there are five expressway projects operational in UP, linking more than two dozen districts.
- These include Yamuna Expressway (165 km), Agra-Lucknow Expressway (302 km), Purvanchal Expressway (340 km), Bundelkhand Expressway (296 km) and Gorakhpur Link Expressway (91 km).
- The 594-km Ganga Expressway is expected to be commissioned by March-April.
- The five operational expressways (1,194 km) and under-construction Ganga Expressway (594 km), the total length of expressways in UP is 1,788 km.
- Once the proposed seven expressways are operational, the total length of expressways would add up to 2,654 km.
“The rapid development of infrastructure in UP is propelling an array of industries such as realty, housing, furniture, construction material etc,” said Gaurav Sinha, head, paints major Berger’s Sandila (UP) unit told Business Standard.
