UP govt tables Rs 13,595 cr Supplementary Budget, expressways get big chunk

Rs 150 cr provided for preparing DPR of the Rs 36,000 cr Ganga Expressway, which is touted to become the world's longest access control expressway when completed

The Yogi Adityanath government on Tuesday tabled its first Supplementary Budget totalling more than Rs 13,595 crore for the current financial year 2019-20 in the Uttar Pradesh legislature.

The Supplementary Budget has allocated liberal doses of funds for various ongoing and new projects and schemes in varied sectors, including industrial development, energy, tourism, social welfare, public works department (PWD), vocational education, heath etc.

The industries department has been allocated more than Rs 2,000 crore in the Budget for flagship expressway projects -- Rs 1,150 crore for Bundelkhand Expressway and Rs 850 crore for Purvanchal Expressway.

Besides, Rs 15 crore has