Lagatar24 Desk
Shahjahanpur, Dec.18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stone for the 594-kilometer Ganga Expressway in the Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
The expressway runs from Bijauli village in Meerut to Judapur Dandu village in Prayagraj. It runs through the state’s districts of Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Budaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh, and Prayagraj.
It will be Uttar Pradesh’s longest expressway when it is completed, connecting the state’s western and eastern areas. The six-lane expressway, which can be expanded to eight lanes, will cost approximately Rs 36,230 crore to construct.
On the road near Shahjahanpur, a 3.5-kilometer-long air strip would be built to aid emergency takeoff and landing of Indian Air Force planes. Along the freeway, an industrial corridor is also being proposed.
It will have a significant impact on the region’s socioeconomic development.
“The Expressway will bring numerous jobs and several new opportunities for thousands of youth. That day is not far when UP will be identified as the most modern state with next-generation infrastructure. The network of expressways in UP, the new airports being built, new rail routes being laid down are bringing several blessings to people of UP simultaneously,” PM Modi said.
The PM also took a dig on the previous governments by saying, “The modern infrastructure coming up in UP today shows how resources are utilised. You have seen how public’s money was used earlier. But today, UP’s money is being used for UP’s development. Earlier, big projects were started on paper so that they can fill their own coffers.”
“Today, work is being done on such projects so that money of people of UP can be saved. So that your money remains in your pocket,” he added.
