Ganga Expressway to be completed by 2025
The 602-km Ganga expressway project, conceived over a decade ago during the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party regime and having faced myriad hurdles primarily due to environmental concerns, has got a new lease of life with the UP government setting the target for its completion in 2025.
The expressway, said to be the second-largest expressway in the country after the 701-km-long Samruddhi Expressway linking Nagpur with Mumbai; would connect Meerut on the western fringes of the state with Prayagraj on the east. The expressway would pass through 13 districts and provide connectivity to major industrial cities, including Meerut, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Amroha, Sambhal, Budaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Pratapgarh, and Prayagraj.
