At a time when hordes of infrastructure projects in the country are stuck and in danger of being shut down owing to land acquisition delays, the Uttar Pradesh government has already acquired almost 95 percent of the land required for the mega 595-km Ganga Expressway project. In addition, 77 percent of the clearing and grubbing of the land has already been achieved, said the state’s industrial development minister, Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi.
“We have received the environment and forest clearances for the project, while more than 52 percent of the shifting of utilities has been done. We have also appointed independent engineers for all the four groups of the expressway,” Nandi said.