Purvanchal Expressway progress: Great news for commuters! One of India’s longest highways to open by Diwali

Purvanchal Expressway progress: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath recently reviewed the progress of phase-III of Purvanchal Expressway. The Purvanchal Expressway, said to be one of the longest in India, is likely to be ready by November and the government expects it to be functional from Diwali this year. The deadline for completion was 2021, however, according to a recent tweet, UP CM is confident that the construction shall be finished within this year itself. Starting from Chand Sarai in District Lucknow, the highway will end at Haidaria in Ghazipur district.

The Purvanchal Expressway project was started in December 2016 and was launched by then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav. Later, the project was continued with some changes in alignment and acquisition of complete land for the Purvanchal Expressway. The highway will be linked with Varanasi as well through a different link road. Moreover, the project is likely to connect nine districts in Uttar Pradesh including Ghazipur, Lucknow, Azamagarh, Faizabad, Amethi, Ambedkarnagar, Sultanpur, Barabanki and Mau.