Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during his visit to Azamgarh was told that Purvanchal Expressway would be inaugurated this month.
Key Points:
=> Purvanchal Expressway is an under construction 6-lane expressway in the state of Uttar Pradesh, which will connect Ghazipur city with the state capital Lucknow.
=> It is being developed by the Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority.
=> It will pass through 9 districts of Uttar Pradesh- Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur.
=> The expressway will be linked with the Varanasi-Gorakhpur highway through a separate link road.
=> Apart from this, the Chief Minister said that on November 13, Home Minister Amit Shah would lay the foundation stone of a state university to be built in Azamgarh district.
| Purvanchal Expressway is an under-construction 340.8 km long, 6-lane wide access-controlled expressway in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The expressway will connect Chand Saray village near Gosainganj in Lucknow district with Haydaria village on NH-31 in Ghazipur district. It is being developed by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA). According to UPEIDA, it will be inaugurated on 16 November 2021. |