Towns await prosperity amid attempts for infra glory on key expressway
On the contours of the newly-widened, jet black layer of concrete on the highway, vendors and small shops go on about their day in the scorching May heat.
“This road used to be terrible earlier,” a truck driver quips. “Barely any lane space, frequent traffic jams and potholes all around.”
The Ghaziabad-Aligarh Expressway, touted by Union minister Nitin Gadkari as the key to unlocking the region’s trade and commerce, is currently being widened from existing four lanes to six lanes.
