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PM Narendra Modi Laid Foundation Stone for Poorvanchal Expressway in Azamgarh: Detail
PM Narendra Modi Laid Foundation Stone for Poorvanchal Expressway in Azamgarh: Details
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Rs 23,000 crore Purvanchal Express Highway on 15th July 2018 in Azamgarh in the presence of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The Purvanchal Expressway or Lucknow-Azamgarh-Ballia Expressway is a 6-lane, divided and access-controlled highway, in India's Uttar Pradesh state.
The Purvanchal Expressway is being developed by the Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development and Authority.
The Purvanchal Expressway is a 343 km long expressway and will connect Lucknow to Ballia by passing through Barabanki, Sultanpur, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur districts and will terminate at Haidaria in Ghazipur. It will reduce the time distance between Lucknow-Ghazipur by 4.30 hrs to 5.00 hrs. It is also to be linked with Varanasi through a separate link road.
The Purvanchal Expressway would be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities like rainwater harvesting, lightning facility. It is scheduled to be completed within 36 months, though the state government is keen to have it completed within 24 to 26 months.
The Purvanchal Expressway was first conceptualized by the previous SP government as 'Samajwadi Purvanchal Expressway'. After coming to power in March 2017, the BJP government dropped the word 'Samajwadi' from its name and retained the project as its present name.
