To expedite the process of land acquisition for construction of Purvanchal Express connecting lucknow to Ballia, Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) will hold special camps in the first week of June in Ghazipur and Azamgarh.
CEO of UPEIDA Avnish Awasthi said that first camp will be held at Ghazipur from June 1 to 3 while the second camp will be held at Azamgarh from June 4 to 6.
“District Magistrates of respective districts have been asked to expedite the sale deed by holding camps at Tehsil. In case of holiday, the Deputy Registrar’s office whould be asked to register the sale deeds,” Awasthi said in a statement issued in lucknow on Wednesday.
The 354 km-long Greenfield Expressway will be constructed at a cost of Rs 17,187 crore. So far only 40.7 per cent of the land has been acquired and the government wants to float tenders once nerly 80 per cent of the land was acquired.
Awasthi said that the DMs of Ghazipur and Azamgarh have been asked to use all available resources to ensure acquisition of land was carried out peacefully as per government guidelines. "A campaign should be launched so that people could know about these camps and their exact locations in these districts," he explained.
Deputy CEO of UPEIDA RS Prem will supervise the camps in Ghazipur and Azamgarh and he will be assisted by a team of officials of UPEIDA as well as both these districts.
The state cabinet which met in lucknow on Tuesday, has already given its nod to the construction of Purvanchal Express. The expressway will have two link roads that would connect Varanasi and Faizabad with this Expressway.