PM to lay foundation of Rs 15,000 cr Bundelkhand Expressway on Feb 29
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation of 296 km Bundelkhand Expressway in Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh on February 29. The expressway is estimated to cost Rs 15,000 crore.
This would be Modi’s 3rd visit to UP this month after inaugurating DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow on February 5 and paying a day’s visit to his Varanasi parliamentary constituency on February 16, where he inaugurated projects worth over Rs 1,200 crore on Sunday.
The function will be held at Gonda village in Bharatkoop, which is part of the Karvi tehsil in Chitrakoot. Gonda village is the initial point of the expressway, which would traverse Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya and Etawah districts.
On Monday, UP chief minister Adityanath visited Chitrakoot to take the stock of the preparations ahead of Modi’s visit for the foundation laying ceremony, which would also witness inauguration or initiation of other developmental projects for the arid Bundelkhand region.
