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Adityanath govt fast tracks Rs 36,000-crore Ganga Expressway project

The mega 628-km expressway will span across 12 districts in UP

Yogi Adityanath. Photo: PTI
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UP CM Yogi Adityanath | Photo: PTI

Virendra Singh Rawat
Within days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the foundation of 296 km Bundelkhand Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government has now fast tracked another mega Ganga Expressway project.

The 628-km Ganga Expressway, which would link 12 districts between Prayagraj (Allahabad) and Meerut districts, is estimated to cost Rs 36,000 crore.

With 2022 UP elections less than two years away, the Adityanath dispensation is not leaving any stone unturned in accelerating ongoing and proposed infrastructure projects, especially expressways since it is the most visible and widely used infra in the rural hinterland.

In this regard, state chief secretary