UP: PM Modi to inaugurate 296-km-long Bundelkhand Expressway on July 16
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, July 16, and inaugurate Bundelkhand Expressway at Kaitheri village in Orai tehsil of Jalaun district.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, July 16, and inaugurate Bundelkhand Expressway at Kaitheri village in Orai tehsil of Jalaun district. It is a 296-km four-lane expressway that has been constructed at a cost of around Rs 14,850 crore.
The work on the expressway has been completed within 28 months, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office. According to the statement, PM Modi will inaugurate Bundelkhand Expressway at around 11:30 AM.
As per the statement, PM Modi had laid down the foundation stone for the construction of Bundelkhand Expressway on February 29, 2020.
The 296 kilometre, four-lane expressway has been constructed at a cost of around Rs 14,850 crore, under the aegis of Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), and can later be expanded upto six lanes as well, the statement said.
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. The expressway passes through seven districts, viz. Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya and Etawah, it said.
The PMO said that along with improving connectivity in the region, the Bundelkhand Expressway will also give a major boost to economic development.
Work on the creation of industrial corridor in Banda and Jalaun districts, next to the expressway, has already been started, as per the PMO.
