Purvanchal Expressway
| Purvanchal Expressway | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Length: | 343 km (213 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| From: | Lucknow |
| To: | Ghazipur |
| Highway system | |
The Lucknow-Azamgarh-Ballia Expressway is a proposed 8-lane, divided and access-controlled highway, in India's Uttar Pradesh state. The proposed highway will connect the historic towns of Ballia and Azamgarh with the state capital, Lucknow.[1] It is proposed to be developed by the Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development and Authority.
It will be 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 Bharauli village in Ballia district.
History
The Purvanchal Expressway passing seven districts joining Lucknow and Ghazipur via Gorakhpur. State government has instructed the UP Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) to include the parliamentary constituency and the home town of chief minister Yogi Adityanath. The 353-km project was 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 which was to pass through Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Sultanpur, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh , Mau to reach Ghazipur. The total cost of the project was Rs 23,000 crore.
Project timeline
- Oct 2015: UP Government has finalized the alignment out of three proposed alignment for expressway. Detailed Project Report (DPR) to be prepared in three months.[2]
- Nov 2015: The Lucknow-Azamgarh-Ballia expressway is renamed as Purvanchal Expressway. [3]
- Feb 2016: State Government allocated 1500 Crores Rupees for the expressway in the budget.[4]
- Dec 2016: Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh lays foundation stone for the project [5]
- May 2017: About 40% of required land is already acquired during Akhilesh Yadav's Govt, claims Samajwadi Party leader Ram Govind Chaudhary who is leader of opposition in UP Legislative Assembly. [6]
- May 2017: UP Government orders faster land acquisition. [7]
- June 2017: The state government may take a loan of Rs 3,500 crore for the construction of Purvanchal Expressway, the biggest in the country, from Lucknow to Ballia, which was recently approved by the UP cabinet with link roads to Ayodhya and Varanasi.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ "U.P. Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA)" (PDF). Upeida.in. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
- ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/UP-finalises-alignment-for-Lko-Ballia-expressway/articleshow/49235074.cms
- ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Govt-renames-Lucknow-Ballia-expressway-after-Purvanchal/articleshow/49636458.cms
- ↑ http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/uttar-pradesh-state-budget-201617-presented-1455878317-1
- ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/up-cm-lays-foundation-of-purvanchal-expressway/1/841015.html
- ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/narrow-mindedness-stopped-hinduism-from-spreading-far/articleshow/58724476.cms
- ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/yogi-govt-fastens-lucknow-ballia-purvanchal-expressway-completion-in-up-117050900792_1.html
- ↑ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/yogi-government-to-take-loans-of-rs-16580-crore-for-vital-projects/articleshow/59060020.cms