The Road Transport Ministry of  Union Government has sanctioned Rs  1470.93 crore to make the Prayagraj-Lucknow highway four lane between Prayagraj and Rae Bareli. The highway is already four lane between Rae Bareli and Lucknow. After completion of this project before Mahakumbh 2025, vehicles will take lesser time to reach their destination using this highway.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari informed on X that the budget had been sanctioned for the above project and asked the officials to see that the road widening between Prayagraj and Rae Bareli is done before Mahakumbh 2025.

Officials have started preparing strategies for timely completion of this project and tenders will soon be floated to involve contractors.

Infrastructure development is the need of the hour and the completion of this four lane project will pave the way for speedy all-round development of the area as it will raise the speed of vehicles between the Sangam city and the state capital, said Gadkari in his message and added that infrastructure development is the dream of the prime minister and it on top of his priority list.

The project is to be completed latest by December 2024 to facilitate the devotees who will arrive here from far and near distances in crores to take a holy dip in the sacred waters of the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati during Mahakumbh.

MURDER CASE: The son had hired criminals for Rs 5 lakh to eliminate his father in Bilaspur village near Prayagraj airport. With the arrest of five persons, including the son and a doctor, the police claimed to have solved the murder mystery.

Manna Lal (58) was found dead last week on a path leading towards his agricultural fields. Investigation revealed that Manna Lal had snapped relations with his wife and son and had been living separately with another woman. He started selling  properties, which irked the son and his mother.  When the police met all the family members separately to know the truth Manna’s daughter expressed suspicion that it might be the handiwork of her mother and brother.

The police grilled the son Kallu and he spilled the beans and admitted that he had hired criminals through a doctor to kill his father. The hired criminals followed Manna for five days  and on October 30 they found the opportune time in early morning hours when he was going to the fields. They attacked Manna with rods and iron pipe and ran away.

The village doctor, Sunil, had arranged the criminals. The police have arrested five persons in this connection.

DCP Deepak Bhukar said that the police did not find any evidence of the involvement of Manna’s wife in this murder so far.