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UP govt set to launch Ganga Expressway project, to cost Rs 30,000 crore

In the backdrop of the large influx of migrants from other states, the state is expecting these mega projects to create local level jobs

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The Gorakhpur Link Expressway will cut through Gorakhpur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Ambedkar Nagar and Azamgarh districts.

3 min read Last Updated : May 24 2020 | 4:24 PM IST

Even as three expressway projects totalling over Rs 42,500 crore are under different stages of construction, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to launch another mega project - Ganga Expressway.

Nodal agency, UP Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) has estimated the civil work and land cost of the 628 km project at nearly Rs 21,000 crore and Rs 9,000 crore respectively, thus totalling Rs 30,000 crore.

The other three projects already underway are 340 km Purvanchal Expressway, 296 km Bundelkhand Expressway and 91 km Gorakhpur Link Expressway, which are estimated to cost Rs 23,000 crore, Rs 15,000 crore and Rs

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