The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will look into the scope of extending the length of Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh from Buxar to Bhagalpur in Bihar, state’s road construction minister Nitin Nabin said on Thursday.
Nabin, who met secretary of the union ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) Giridhar Aramane in Delhi on Wednesday, told reporters that the work on the project to extend the six-lane Lucknow-Ghazipur Expressway, known as Purvanchal Expressway, up to Bhagalpur in Bihar via Buxar and Patna would start once the NHAI submitted its detailed project report (DPR) after the procedural formalities.
NHAI has been asked to submit the possible alignment of the greenfield project along with feasibility to the Bihar’s road construction department (RCD) for the go-ahead, he said.
