Lucknow: Race against time to start work on Ganges Expressway, the state’s expressway development agency, has completed over 56% of the cleaning and grubbing work. planned between Meerut and PrayagrajThe expressway will be spread over a distance of 594 km.
Officials of the Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) want to have the high-speed corridor ready by the end of 2024 to provide direct connectivity between Delhi-NCR and Prayagraj ahead of the 2025 Mahakumbh.
The first step before starting the construction work on the Greenfield Expressway is to demarcate the site and align the route to make it free from vegetation and encroachments.
Avnish Kumar Awasthi, Chief Executive Officer, UPEIDA, said, “The land acquisition work has reached the final stage in all the 12 districts through which the expressway will pass. In another significant development on Monday, we will be able to demarcate the 327 km-long route. have been successful. Expressway. Cleaning and grubbing work is done more than 55% of the alignment and on daily basis we are clearing 5 km route. The task of dismantling the expressway before Mahakumbh is tough but we have to meet the deadline Have the confidence to get it.”
Officials said that more than 95 per cent of the land acquisition work has been completed. The cost of this project is estimated to be more than Rs.36 thousand crores. Recently, the Expressway Development Authority also received environmental clearance. Ministry of Environment And the forest which was the last regulatory hurdle to be cleared.
At present, it takes at least 12 hours for a motorist to reach Sangam at Prayagraj. Connaught Place in Delhi. Officials said the expressway will reduce the travel time to 8 hours.
The six-lane expressway will connect Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj.
A banking executive from Civil Lines, Prayagraj who lives in Gaur City, Greater Noida, Rishabh Srivastava He said, “I am closely following the news related to Ganga Expressway. At present it takes a lot of time to cover the total distance and sometimes we have to stay overnight in Kanpur or Lucknow. It is going to be a one time direct drive. The expressway has been completed.
Officials of the Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) want to have the high-speed corridor ready by the end of 2024 to provide direct connectivity between Delhi-NCR and Prayagraj ahead of the 2025 Mahakumbh.
The first step before starting the construction work on the Greenfield Expressway is to demarcate the site and align the route to make it free from vegetation and encroachments.
Avnish Kumar Awasthi, Chief Executive Officer, UPEIDA, said, “The land acquisition work has reached the final stage in all the 12 districts through which the expressway will pass. In another significant development on Monday, we will be able to demarcate the 327 km-long route. have been successful. Expressway. Cleaning and grubbing work is done more than 55% of the alignment and on daily basis we are clearing 5 km route. The task of dismantling the expressway before Mahakumbh is tough but we have to meet the deadline Have the confidence to get it.”
Officials said that more than 95 per cent of the land acquisition work has been completed. The cost of this project is estimated to be more than Rs.36 thousand crores. Recently, the Expressway Development Authority also received environmental clearance. Ministry of Environment And the forest which was the last regulatory hurdle to be cleared.
At present, it takes at least 12 hours for a motorist to reach Sangam at Prayagraj. Connaught Place in Delhi. Officials said the expressway will reduce the travel time to 8 hours.
The six-lane expressway will connect Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj.
A banking executive from Civil Lines, Prayagraj who lives in Gaur City, Greater Noida, Rishabh Srivastava He said, “I am closely following the news related to Ganga Expressway. At present it takes a lot of time to cover the total distance and sometimes we have to stay overnight in Kanpur or Lucknow. It is going to be a one time direct drive. The expressway has been completed.