After a cabinet meeting at the premises of Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on 2019-01-29, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced plans to construct a 600 kms long expressway to connect the western part of the state with the east.
The six-lane Ganga Expressway will cost Rs 36,000 crores. The expressway connecting Prayagraj to Meerut will significantly reduce the time to travel between the two. Currently, it takes around 12 hours in duration to commute between the two cities.
The Ganga Expressway will pass through Meerut, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Kannauj, Unnao, Raebareli, Pratapgarh and arrive at Prayagraj. This will be the world’s longest expressway. It will take 6,556 hectares of land.
Currently, the longest expressway in India is the 302 kms long highway connecting Agra and Lucknow.
Another 700 kms long expressway, which once ready in 2020, will connect Mumbai and Nagpur.
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