Adani bags Rs 17,000 crore e-way, country's largest PPP project

Of its 594-km length, AEL will build 464 km from Budaun to Prayagraj, which comprises 80 per cent of the expressway project

Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) on Monday said it has received the letter of award from Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority to implement three major stretches of the greenfield Ganga Expressway.

In a statement, the company also said the project cost is over Rs 17,000 crore and this is India’s largest-ever expressway project awarded to a private company under the public-private partnership (PPP) framework.

It further said AEL will construct three groups of the access-controlled six-lane expressway, expandable to eight lanes in Uttar Pradesh and the concession period will be 30 years.

The Ganga Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, which will connect Meerut with