Uttar Pradesh Development Projects: ₹6,350 Crore Outlay

Key facts

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh on April 28-29 to launch development projects worth approximately ₹6,350 crore.
• In Varanasi, the Prime Minister will dedicate 48 completed projects worth over ₹1,050 crore and lay the foundation stone for 112 projects worth around ₹5,300 crore.
• Key infrastructure projects in Varanasi include the Varanasi-Azamgarh Road widening, rail over bridges at Kazzakpura and Kadipur, and a sewage treatment plant with a capacity of 55 MLD in Bhagwanpur.
• Two new Amrit Bharat Express trains will be flagged off on April 28: Varanasi to Pune (Hadapsar) and Ayodhya to Mumbai (Lokmanya Tilak Terminus).
• The 594-km-long Ganga Expressway will be inaugurated in Hardoi on April 29.
• The Ganga Expressway is a six-lane (expandable to eight lanes), access-controlled greenfield high-speed corridor built at a total cost of around ₹36,230 crore.
• The Ganga Expressway traverses 12 districts: Meerut, Bulandshahr, Hapur, Amroha, Sambhal, Budaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Raebareli, Pratapgarh, and Prayagraj.
• The Ganga Expressway includes a 3.5-km-long Emergency Landing Facility (airstrip) in Shahjahanpur district.
• The expressway serves as a backbone for a network including the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, Jewar Link Expressway, Farrukhabad Link Expressway, and a proposed extension from Meerut to Haridwar.