Purvanchal Highway Package 3 is a 41.7 km section of the 340.82 km long highway. The scheduled completion for this project is October 21, but it is likely to be completed earlier, even though work has slowed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Once completed, the Highway will provide faster means of transportation to the backward regions of the state and will also boost their agriculture, commerce, tourism, and other industrial developments.

In India, roads are the most important means of transportation and there is an immense demand for highways for the economic and business growth of our country.

India has a network of more than 5,897,671 kilometers of roads as of March 31, 2017, the second largest road network in the world after the United States at 6,645,709 kilometers.

Our government has made great efforts to develop the country’s road infrastructure. The UP may still have a lot to do with the rest of the country, but it is giving stiff competition to other states with its shiny new asphalt. Highways that cross the entire state.

The first expressway in the state was the Yamuna Expressway, which was opened to traffic in 2012. It was followed by the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, which opened to the public in 2018.

The four new expressways coming up are: the 340-year-old Purvanchal Expressway. km long, 296 km long Bundelkhand Expressway, 91 km long Gorakhpur Link Expressway and 594 km long Ganga Expressway.

These highways are programming a quiet transformation in the state, once notorious for its decrepit roads.

Once these are complete, UP will have a total network of 1,788 km of highways, the highest in the country.

Currently, the total highway network in India is around 1,822 km. Not surprisingly, the state of UP has earned the nickname “Expressway Pradesh”.

The controlled access road network is being developed by the Uttar Pradesh Highway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), an agency created by the state government to lead its highway expansion program.

The total length of the project is around 340.82 km, starting from Chand Sarai village in Lucknow district to Haidariya village in Ghazipur district.

This totally new project was first announced in May 2015 when the Lucknow – Azamgarh – Ballia highway and land acquisition began shortly thereafter.

Its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July 2018, and construction work started in October 2018 by 5 contractors in 8 civil packages at an estimated cost of Rs 22,494 crore, with its opening scheduled for 2021.

News Source: NBM&CW