Environment clearance for the Uttar Pradesh government’s Ganga Expressway was granted by the state-level environment assessment authority on Saturday.
Projects covered under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Notification of 2006 need to get environmental clearance before work under the project can be started.
“The clearance has been taken by U.P. Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) under the notification rules,” said a senior UPEIDA official.
A statement issued by UPEIDA said that the estimated cost for the project is Rs 36,230 crore. “The project is being undertaken under the PPP model. The tender process for the project is already being carried out in an expedited manner,” said the statement.
