New Delhi, 13 July (HS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Bundelkhand Expressway on July 16. The foundation stone of this expressway was laid by the Prime Minister in February 2020.
The Prime Minister’s Office said on Wednesday that Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh on July 16, and inaugurate the Bundelkhand Expressway at Kaitheri village in Orai tehsil of Jalaun district at around 11:30 am.
The government is committed to enhancing connectivity across the country, a key feature of which is to work towards improving road infrastructure. An important effort in this direction was the laying of the foundation stone for the construction of the Bundelkhand Expressway by the Prime Minister on February 29, 2020. The work on the expressway has been completed within 28 months.
The 296 km, the four-lane expressway has been constructed under the aegis of the Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) at a cost of about Rs 14,850 crore, and may later be expanded to six lanes as well. It extends from NH-35 at Gonda village near Bharatkup in Chitrakoot district to Kudrail village in Etawah district, where it merges with the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. It passes through seven districts: Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya, and Etawah.
Along with improving connectivity in the region, the Bundelkhand Expressway will also boost economic development, resulting in the creation of thousands of jobs for the local people. The work of building industrial corridors in Banda and Jalaun districts next to the expressway has already started.
