Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh on Saturday to inaugurate the Bundelkhand Expressway – a 296 Km, four-lane expressway that has been constructed at a cost of around Rs 14,850 crores in just 28 months.
“The government has been committed to enhancing connectivity across the country, a key feature of which has been the work towards improvement in road infrastructure. A significant endeavour towards this was the laying of foundation stone for the construction of Bundelkhand Expressway by the Prime Minister on 29 February, 2020. The work on the Expressway has been completed within 28 months and it will now be inaugurated by the Prime Minister,” a press release issued by the Prime Minister Office ( PMO) said.
Made under the aegis NSE 0.41 % of Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), the expressway can be expanded upto six lanes. It extends from NH-35 at Gonda village near Bharatkoop in Chitrakoot district to near Kudrail village in Etawah district, where it merges with the Agra-Lucknow expressway. It passes through seven districts, viz. Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya and Etawah.
Along with improving connectivity in the region, the Bundelkhand Expressway will also give a major boost to economic development, resulting in the creation of thousands of jobs for the local people, PMO said in the release.
Work on the creation of industrial corridor in Banda and Jalaun districts, next to the expressway, has already been started, the statement said.