Bundelkhand Expressway: PM Modi to inaugurate 296-km expressway in UP
The Bundelkhand Expressway covers the 7 districts of Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Aurraiya and Etawah.
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Bundelkhand, July 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 296-km-long Bundelkhand expressway in Uttar Pradesh on July 16. Construction of the expressway has been completed 8 months ahead of its deadline.
The expressway starts near Bharatkoop in Chitrakoot & merges with the Agra-Lucknow expressway near Kudrail village in Etawah. The expressway connects major UP districts.
It covers the 7 districts of Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Aurraiya and Etawah.
The road length has crossings over several rivers like Bagen, Ken, Shyama, Chandawal, Birma, Yamuna, Betwa and Sengar.
The total cost of the project is pegged at about Rs 15,000 crore. But the Yogi Adityanath govt has saved Rs 1,132 crore by opting for e-tendering. The project is expected to give a fillip to connectivity in the state & boost economic activity.
"Bundelkhand, which is considered to be one of the most backward areas of the country, is set to be directly connected to the national capital through the Agra-Lucknow expressway and Yamuna expressway," said a senior official.
The expressway is expected to reduce travel time between Delhi & Chitrakoot to 6 hours from the earlier 9-10 hours.
The expressway is also crucial to the success of the upcoming UP defence corridor project. Work on an industrial corridor has also begun in districts of Banda and Jalaun. The defence corridor project, worth Rs 20,000 crore, has been planned over 5,071 hectares across the state's western, central & Bundelkhand regions.
Of the 13 expressways spanning 3,200 km in the state, six are operational while work is on in seven. Industrial corridors are being built along highways and expressways. Airstrips are coming up for emergency use by air force.
The expressway is located in Chitrakoot and Etawah in UP. When laying the foundation stone in February 2020, Prime Minister Modi had said that the project "will create thousands of jobs and connect the common people with facilities available in bigger cities".
"Not even two expressways had been completed in Uttar Pradesh in the first 70 years since Independence. With a series of expressways, including the Delhi-Meerut expressway, the present government of double engine growth in the state has fulfilled a decades-old demand of the people of NCR (National Capital Region) and western Uttar Pradesh," said CM Adityanath.
The expressway starts near Bharatkoop in Chitrakoot & merges with the Agra-Lucknow expressway near Kudrail village in Etawah. The expressway connects major UP districts.
It covers the 7 districts of Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Aurraiya and Etawah.
The road length has crossings over several rivers like Bagen, Ken, Shyama, Chandawal, Birma, Yamuna, Betwa and Sengar.
The 4-lane expressway, developed by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), has scope for expansion to 6 lanes in future. It has 13 interchange points.
"Bundelkhand, which is considered to be one of the most backward areas of the country, is set to be directly connected to the national capital through the Agra-Lucknow expressway and Yamuna expressway," said a senior official.
The expressway is expected to reduce travel time between Delhi & Chitrakoot to 6 hours from the earlier 9-10 hours.
The expressway is also crucial to the success of the upcoming UP defence corridor project. Work on an industrial corridor has also begun in districts of Banda and Jalaun. The defence corridor project, worth Rs 20,000 crore, has been planned over 5,071 hectares across the state's western, central & Bundelkhand regions.
Of the 13 expressways spanning 3,200 km in the state, six are operational while work is on in seven. Industrial corridors are being built along highways and expressways. Airstrips are coming up for emergency use by air force.