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UP hits top gear to acquire land for Rs 14,700-cr Bundelkhand Expressway

Online bidding process underway to select developers for the mega infra project

Bundelkhand Expressway
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a press conference on completion of four years of Narendra Modi government at the Centre, at the party office in Lucknow on Saturday | Photo: PTI

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
The Uttar Pradesh government has accelerated land acquisition process for the flagship Bundelkhand Expressway, which is estimated to cost Rs 14,716 crore.
 
So far, the state has acquired 1,011 hectares, or 27 per cent of the required 3,642 hectares across 182 villages for the Expressway, which would link arid Bundelkhand region with the Agra-Lucknow Expressway at Etawah district, after traversing Jhansi, Banda, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jalaun and Auraiya.
 
The length of Bundelkhand Expressway would be over 296 km. According to sources, the state plans to acquire the remaining land in the next two months. Besides, the bidding process for