Uttar Pradesh government has directed private developers of the flagship Purvanchal Expressway, estimated to cost Rs 23,000 crore, to provide employment to lockdown-hit migrant workers returning from other states. The construction of the 340-km expressway is on in full swing after the suspension of civil works for a few weeks due to the lockdown.
Eight different packages of the infra projects are being developed by five private companies, namely, Gayatri Projects, PNC Infratech, GR Infra Project, Apco Infratech and Oriental Structural Engineering.
Chairing a review meeting in Lucknow, nodal agency, UP Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) Chief Executive Officer Awanish Kumar Awasthi, who is also Additional Chief Secretary, asked the developers to expedite the project and to actively absorb the migrants in civil works.
