Ganga Expressway, one of India’s longest roadway projects, gets Rs 2000 crore boost from Yogi government

Ganga Expressway has received a staggering Rs 2000 crore allocation from the Yogi Adityanath government. In the Uttar Pardesh Budget 2020, the state government has allotted Rs 2000 crore for the Ganga Expressway, which it said will be one of the longest in India. Ganga Expressway will be 637 kilometres long. This will connect Meerut in western Uttar Pradesh to Prayagraj.UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has stated that efforts would be made to lay the foundation stone of Ganga Expressway by the end of 2020, as per a PTI report.

After the UP Budget 2020 was tabled in the Assembly, CM Adityanath made several announcements regarding road projects across the state apart from the Ganga Expressway. He said that Purvanchal Expressway would be opened to the public by the end of 2020. CM Adityanath also said that the foundation stone of the Bundelkhand Expressway will be laid in February this year.