Purvanchal Expressway inaugurated by PM Modi: Travel time between Lucknow-Ghazipur now 3.5 hours

The 341-km Purvanchal Expressway at Karwal Kheri in Sultanpur district, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, is one of the biggest completed infrastructure projects by the Uttar Pradesh government.

Prime Minister Modi landed at the airstrip in a C-130 Hercules plane for the inauguration today. The launch comes almost 3 years after the prime minister laid its foundation stone in Azamgarh in July 2018.

Here’s all you need to know about the Purvanchal Expressway

The infrastructure project, which is one of the biggest completed by the Uttar Pradesh government and cost an estimated Rs 22,496 crore, has been billed as the “carrier of development” to the underdeveloped Purvanchal region.