PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi will lay foundation of the 600-km, six-lane Ganga Expressway — connecting Meerut to Prayagraj in the state — in Shahjahanpur district on December 18, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told mediapersons on Wednesday.
After a meeting with officials of the districts concerned and public representatives regarding the project, Adityanath said the PM would lay the foundation of Ganga Expressway — set to be country’s longest expressway — that will connect western Uttar Pradesh to eastern UP via central UP. The CM said industrial clusters would be developed along the expressway and an airstrip would be developed in Shahjahanpur for emergency landings.
