Purvanchal Expressway: PM Modi inaugurates 341-km long highway connecting Lucknow with Ghazipur
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 341-km long Purcanchal Expressway, the country’s longest expressway that connects Lucknow with Ghazipur, on Tuesday.
Earlier, PM Modi landed on Purvanchal Expressway on the 3.2-kilometre-long airstrip constructed on the Kurebhar stretch of the Access Controlled Greenfield expressway in Sultanpur. Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath received the prime minister at the airstrip. The 3.2-km airstrip has been constructed on the expressway to facilitate emergency landing of fighter aircraft.
The 6-lane expressway, which can be expanded to 8-lane in future, starts from village Chaudsarai, district Lucknow located on Lucknow-Sultanpur road (NH-731) and ends at village Hydaria located on National Highway No. 31, 18 km east of UP-Bihar border.
The expressway holds significance for the development of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Constructed at an estimated cost of about Rs 22,500 crore, the Purvanchal Expressway is going to give a boost to the economic development of the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh especially the districts of Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur.
It took almost three years to complete the construction of the expressway. It is likely to enhance tourism in UP and boost agriculture, industrial and commercial activities. The Expressway is expected to attract investment in food processing, warehousing, handloom, dairy, etc. This expressway is expected to save time, control pollution, save fuel and reduce the number of accidents. The expressway will also connect the districts in UP it passes through to Delhi via the Agra-Lucknow Expressway and the Greater Noida Yamuna Expressway.
