Aiming to give fillip to infrastructure development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the much-hyped Ganga Expressway at Shahjahanpur on Saturday.
Last month, the prime minister inaugurated the Purvanchal Expressway and on January 4, he is scheduled to inaugurate the Bundelkhand Expressway.
The 594-km-long six-lane Ganga Expressway will be built at a cost of over Rs 36,200 crore. Starting near Bijauli village in Meerut, the expressway will extend till Judapur Dandu village of Prayagraj, meandering through Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Budaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh, and Prayagraj.
“Upon completion of work, it will become the longest expressway of Uttar Pradesh, connecting the western and eastern regions. A 3.5-km-long airstrip for assisting emergency take-off and landing of India Air Force planes will also be constructed on the expressway at Shahjahanpur. Besides, an industrial corridor is also proposed to be built along the Ganga Expressway,” a top government official said in Lucknow on Friday. The official hoped that the new expressway would give a fillip to multiple sectors, including industrial development, trade, agriculture, tourism, etc., and provide a big boost to socio-economic development of the region.
