Over 1,300 kilometers of expressways are speeding up growth in Uttar Pradesh

Veer Singh, a farmer from village Pipri in Banda, Bundelkhand, spells out some numbers. “In production of food crops, the per bigha margin is between Rs 20,000 and Rs 25,000 but if you grow horticultural crops like potatoes, one bigha can accommodate between 70 and 100 quintals of it, which is a production of Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh. But after growing, taking them to faraway markets from Banda has always been an issue. We do not even have proper storage. Now, the turn to the Bundelkhand expressway is 2 km away. One can use their private vehicle and reach Delhi in 5-6 hours to market their produce. That is a benefit one can look forward to in the near future.”