Today in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the Ganga Expressway. In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) revealed this information.
The Prime Minister’s aim of providing fast-paced connectivity across the country is the inspiration behind the Expressway, according to a PMO statement released on Thursday. This expressway, which would be 594 kilometres long and six lanes, will cost more over Rs 36,200 crore to construct.
The Ganga Expressway will go from near Meerut’s Bijauli hamlet to Prayagraj’s Judapur Dandu village. Pratapgarh, Sambhal, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, and Rae Bareli would all be accessible via this expressway.
Prime Minister @narendramodi will lay the foundation stone of the longest expressway of Uttar Pradesh #GangaExpressway in Shahjahanpur district tomorrow.
PM will also address a rally at the Roza ground after the function. pic.twitter.com/SGsg8G2KI7
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) December 17, 2021
What Will Be Significant In The Ganga Expressway?
On the Ganga Expressway, a 3.5-kilometer-long airfield would be built in Shahjahanpur. This airfield will let Air Force planes take off and land in an emergency. Aside from that, there is a plan to construct an industrial corridor alongside the freeway.
The Expressway will help to increase the economy “Industrialization, trade, agriculture, tourism, and so on. It will have a significant impact on the region’s socioeconomic development “according to the PMO’s statement.
Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of the Samajwadi Party, has been criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He explained “Mayawati Ji initiated the Ganga Expressway project. These folks (the BJP) are laying the foundation stone for Mayawati’s project “to ANI.
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