PM Modi inaugurates Buldelkhand Expressway today: All you need to know

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 296-km-long Bundelkhand Expressway on Saturday, which will connect Chitrakoot in the underdeveloped Bundelkhand region with the Lucknow-Agra Expressway near Etawah. This is the fourth expressway in Uttar Pradesh. Take a look at what it entails:

What is the Bundelkhand Expressway?

The Bundelkhand Expressway has been completed within 28 months, which is eight months before its deadline. PM Modi had laid a foundation stone for the project in February 2020.

The Bundelkhand Expressway is a four-lane expressway which has been built as such that it can be expanded to six lanes. Covering six districts — Etawah, Auraiya, Jalaun, Mahoba, Banda, and Hamirpur —