Plan to develop two cities along Yamuna e-way

The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) will develop two new cities — one in Vrindavan spread over 4,000 hectares and the second in Agra 2,500 hectares.

Chairing a review meeting in Lucknow on Saturday, Industries Minister Satish Mahana said that the YEIDA had given green signal to the proposal and it would also develop a heritage corridor from Jewar (Noida) to Agra to promote cultural tourism along the 165-km Yamuna Expressway.

“We proposed a project to develop two new cities along the Yamuna Expressway and it was approved. Now, we will start working on the project and develop a heritage corridor. Work for compiling a detailed project report for the two cities will start soon,” Mahana said.