Paving the way for construction of expressway from lucknow to Ballia via Azamgarh the state government held a pre-proposal conference to select consultant for this project here, official said. The meeting was chaired by Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) Chairman Navneet Sehgal here on Thursday.
Government spokesman said that on March 26 EOI-cum-RFP have been issued for selection for consultant for this ambitious project. “In this pre-proposal conference representatives of many business houses including IIDC, ltd, Feedback Infra Pvt ltd, Stanley Consultants and Radicon (India) Pvt ltd took part,” the government spokesman said in a statement.
He said the questions raised by these firms have been answered. “So far over 50 consultants have shown interest in this project,” he said. The state government has taken a decision to connect Greater Noida in NCR with Ballia in eastern part of the country through Expressway. The work is already in progress to link Agra with lucknow through an expressway. Taj Expressway connects Greater Noida with Agra.
“So the link between lucknow and Ballia will link western UP with eastern part through an Expressway,” he said. This proposed Expressway between lucknow and Ballia will pass through Azamgarh, which is parliamentary constituency of Samajwadi Party national president Mulayam Singh Yadav.