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Additional Chief Secretary(Home) and Chief Executive Officer of Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) Awanish Kumar Awasthi announced here on Saturday that the Bundelkhand Expressway would be inaugurated in June next.
"More than 94 per cent physical work of this expressway has been completed and the rest of the construction work will be completed by June 20,” he said in a statement issued here on Saturday.
Awasthi also informed that the construction work of three rail over bridges (ROB) had been completed and the work of electricity was also being completed rapidly.
"The construction work of 14 out of 19 flyovers on Bundelkhand Expressway has been completed and the rest is being constructed at a fast pace. The construction of bridge over river Yamuna has been completed, along with the construction of bridge over Betwa river. Construction of the bridge over river Ken will be completed in the next 15 days,” he said and added that the work of connecting this expressway with the Agra-Lucknow Expressway had also been completed.
The total length of the Bundelkhand Expressway is 296.07 km. This expressway will pass through Chitrakoot, Banda, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya and Etawah. For the safety of the passengers, 15 patrolling vehicles are being deployed on the expressway.
It is noteworthy that with the construction of this expressway, the entire Bundelkhand region will be directly connected to the national capital Delhi through Agra-Lucknow Expressway.