Ganga Expressway
At the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj today, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with the Council of Ministers took a holy bath in the Sangam and offered prayers on the banks of the Sangam. After taking major decisions in the cabinet meeting, CM Yogi reached the Sangam banks with 54 ministers and took a dip of faith. At the same time, big decisions were also taken in the Yogi Cabinet meeting in Mahakumbh. The biggest decision among these is approval of the extension of Ganga Expressway. It will be connected to two big expressways of UP, Purvanchal Expressway and Bundelkhand Expressway. With this, all the districts of the state will get high speed network.
Can be increased from 6 lanes to 8 lanes
The extension of Ganga Expressway has been approved in the Yogi Cabinet meeting. It will be connected to Purvanchal Expressway from Prayagraj to Mirzapur-Bhadohi-Varanasi-Chandauli-Ghazipur. Initially, it is being prepared in 6 lanes but now if needed, this expressway can be expanded to 8 lanes. Apart from this, Prayagraj will be connected to Chitrakoot. In this regard, the UP Cabinet has given green signal to the proposal to connect Ganga Expressway to Bundelkhand Expressway. With this, road connectivity is going to be further improved.
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New route from Western UP and NCR to Bihar
The Ganga Expressway being built from Meerut to Prayagraj will now connect to the Purvanchal Expressway in Ghazipur via Mirzapur, Bhadohi, Varanasi and Chandauli. With its construction, a new route will also be available from Western UP and NCR to Bihar. A large area of Ghazipur is connected to Bihar. Under the proposal, Ganga Expressway extension will be built from Prayagraj to Ghazipur via Mirzapur, Bhadohi, Varanasi, Chandauli. Purvanchal Expressway from Lucknow has also come to Ghazipur itself. In such a situation, Ganga Expressway will connect to Purvanchal Expressway in Ghazipur. Along with this, Varanasi to Chandauli and Chandauli to Sonbhadra will be connected. This expressway will be known as Prayagraj-Vindhya-Kashi Expressway.
Construction of first phase between Meerut and Prayagraj
Ganga Expressway is being constructed in the first phase between Meerut and Prayagraj, which is about 594 kilometers long. After the construction of the expressway, we will be able to complete the journey from Meerut to Prayagraj in 6 hours. Ganga Expressway will start from Meerut and will be completed in Prayagraj after Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh. It will pass through a total of 518 villages here.
The largest expressway will be built after the construction of the second phase.
In the second phase it will be connected to 5 more districts which include Mirzapur, Bhadohi, Varanasi and Ghazipur, Ballia. The second phase of Ganga Expressway will be of 350 kilometers. After construction in the second phase, it will become the largest expressway.
At the same time, let us tell you that the work of the first phase of Ganga Expressway is in the final stage. Interchanging and overbridge work is going on in many districts of the route which is in the final stage. Earlier, there were preparations to start Ganga Expressway before Mahakumbh.
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