UP only state to have 13 expressways

Friday, 08 July 2022 | PNS | Lucknow

UP only state to have 13 expressways

Friday, 08 July 2022 | PNS | Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to have 13 expressways. Of these 13 expressways having a total length of 3,200 kilometers, work is going on, on seven while six expressways are operational.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 296-km-long Bundelkhand Expressway on July 16 and with its inauguration Bundelkhand will be directly connected to Delhi.

"Realising that infrastructure is the growth engine of the economy and roads are the mirror of progress, the double engine Bharatiya Janata Party-led government has worked extensively for the rejuvenation of roads," a government spokesman said here on Thursday.

He added that from village streets to block headquarters and district headquarters, a network of roads connecting other states and other countries has been created.

Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that only one-and-a-half expressways were built in 70 years. He said the double engine government had fulfilled the decades-old demand of the people of National Capital Region (NCR) and western UP and Delhi-Meerut Expressway was an example of this.

Also, the foundation stone of the 594 km long Ganga Expressway has been laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This expressway will not only reduce the distance between East and West but will also serve to connect people.

The Bundelkhand Expressway will connect people with Delhi and other states as well. This will benefit the people of Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya and Etawah districts. People will get the benefit of connecting Bundelkhand with Delhi directly and Bundelkhand will be free from the stain of backwardness.

“Apart from this, Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway, Bundelkhand Expressway, Gorakhpur Link Expressway, Ghazipur-Ballia-Manjhighat Expressway and Delhi-Dehradun Expressway are being constructed,” Maurya said.

"These corridors will give impetus to rapid, balanced and inclusive growth as well as immense employment potential. Lands have been marked for this. Airstrips are also being built on the expressways for landing and take-off of Air Force aircraft in case of emergency,” he said.

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Expressway network in Uttar Pradesh

1. Yamuna Expressway -- 165 km

2. Noida-Greater Noida Expressway -- 25 km

3. Agra-Lucknow Expressway -- 302 km

4. Delhi-Meerut Expressway -- 96 km

5. Purvanchal Expressway -- 341 km

6. Bundelkhand Expressway -- 296 km

Total operational expressways – 1,225 km

Expressways under construction

1. Gorakhpur Link Expressway -- 91 km

2. Ganga-Expressway-- 594 km