View of PKG-5 Purvanchal Expressway.
Purvanchal Expressway, an ambitious project to improve road infrastructure connecting major cities in Uttar Pradesh, will be operational by August 2021 as 95 per cent of the work has been completed while the rest will be done in the current month.
UP Industries Minister Satish Mahana said in a press release, “95 per cent of the work has been completed, while the rest will be completed by the end of this month.”
Also, UP’s Additional Chief Secretary Avnish Awasthi said that by August 15, all the lanes of Purvanchal Expressway will be operational.
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The 340-km long, six-lane Purvanchal Expressway will connect Lucknow with economically underdeveloped districts of Uttar Pradesh such as Azamgarh, Mau, Ghazipur, Faizabad, Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar and Amethi.
Map of Purvanchal Expressway.
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The starting point of the expressway is from village Chand Sarai located on Lucknow-Sultanpur road (NH-731), while the ending point is near village Hydaria on National Highway No. 19, 18 km before the UP-Bihar border in district Ghazipur. . The total length of the fully controlled 6 lane expressway is 340.824 km.
Trumpet Interchange on Purvanchal Expressway.
Project cost Rs. 22,494.66 crore, which includes the cost of the land. The project is divided into 8 packages for implementation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of the project at Azamgarh in July 2018.
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