Continuing the spate of launching mega projects before Uttar Pradesh assembly elections slated early next year, the Yogi Adityanath government has decided to start work on the six-lane Ganga Expressway in December and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lay its foundation in Shahjahanpur on December 18.
A large rally has been organised at Roza railway grounds in Shahjahanpur the same day.
The 594 km-long Ganga Expressway will start from Meerut and go up to Prayagraj, touching Hapur, Bulandshahr, Budaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli and Pratapgarh districts. The six-lane expressway could be expanded to eight-lane later and is being developed at a cost of Rs 36,290 crore.
