New Delhi: Further strengthening the road infrastructure in the state , Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday gave green signal to the process of the construction of the massive Rs 36230 crore ambitious project of Ganga Expressway, arguably the longest Expressway in the country.
An approval in this regard was given by the state cabinet which met here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The state cabinet gave nod to the Request for Proposal (RFP) and Request for Quotation (RFQ) of four packages of the project which will pave the way for the construction of the Expressway. Meanwhile, the UP CM directed all the concerned departments including UP Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) to work in ‘mission mode to execute this six-lane 594 Km Expressway project between Meerut and Prayagraj covering the districts of Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj along the river Ganga. is going to add another mega project.
594-km long Expressway to speed up economic activity
State government spokesperson and cabinet minister Siddharthnath Singh said that the Ganga Expressway was approved on November 26, 2020. With its completion, the economic activities of Uttar Pradesh will increase manifold. For this project, a provision of Rs 19754 crore has been made for the civil work while Rs 9255 crore is earmarked for the purchase of land. More than 920 percent of land has already been acquired.
“Ganga Expressway will be of six lanes and it can be increased to eight lanes in future. A 30-year agreement has been signed in this project to be built on PPP model. The speed of the vehicles has been fixed at 120 kmph. There will also be an air strip and industrial clusters along with it while the public utilities will be set up at nine places,” said Singh.
New airport to come up at Lalitpur
The state cabinet also approved the construction of a big airport in Lalitpur. The approval came in view of the construction of Bulk Drug Park in Lalitpur and Defence Corridor in Bundelkhand. Small aircraft will be landed here in the first phase. It will be developed as an international airport in the future.
– The cost of the airport project of Rs 86.65 crore.
– The cost of the total 91.77 hectares of land required for the airport is Rs 7786 crore.
– For its construction, 12.79 hectares of land is also being taken from the Ministry of Defence in the exchange. Later, the land will be given to the Ministry of Defence from the land of the Gram Samaj.
