Patna to Delhi - Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Best Route For Road Trip, Best Intercity Driving Route

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Patna to Delhi (via. Buxar, Purvanchal Expressway, Agra-Lucknow Expressway, Yamuna Expressway) 

(Patna_Delhi): 

Patna (BR) (GPO) ---- Saristabad, Patna (ROL: Jehanabad, Gaya, Dobhi) ---- Phulwari Sharif (Drive on RA under AIIMS-Digha Elevated Road. ROL: AIIMS) ---- Danapur Railway Station (Aryabhat Circle, Khagaul) ----

Shivala cross, Khagaul (BR) ---- Surendra Medical College and Hospital, HXJX+67F, Tikaitpur, BR 801113 on left ---- Neora police station on left ---- Kanhauli ---- Kanhauli-Bihta-Sarmera More (ROL: Naubatpur, Jehanabad, Gaya) ---- Bihta Chowk (ROL: IIT Patna, Bihta. ROR: Patna/ Bihta Airport) ---- ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Bihta/ Kateshar, Patna on right ---- Kateshar ---- NIT Patna, Bihta on right ---- New Koilwar Bridge over Sone River ---- Koilwar (BR) ---- Kulhariya Toll Plaza (BR) ---- Giddha ---- BPCL Shew Narain Lall and Sons filling station, Arrah bypass (on left) --- Arrah/ Ara bypass (BR) ---- Bihiya (BR) ---- Bilauti ---- Shahpur ---- Brahmpur bypass (BR) ---- Naya Bhojpur (ROR: Fort of Raja Bhoj) ---- Bhojpur (BR) ---- Churamanpur (BR) ---- Buxar (BR) (Golamber) (BR) (Avoid RA: Buxar town 3 kms. Turn right at circle to drive on Buxar-Bharauli Ganga River Bridge. Bharauli 3 kms) (BR-UP border on bridge) ---- Sahjanand Park, Bharauli (UP) (Avoid ROR: Ballia 30 kms. ROL: To start of Purvanchal Expressway) ---- Ujiar (UP) ---- Bhawarkol (UP) ---- Pakhanpura (UP) ---- Sayidaspur (Purvanchal Expressway starts. Keep driving right) (UP) ---- Chandpur Toll Plaza on Purvanchal Expressway ---- Barachawar ---- Kasimabad ---- Mau-Ghazipur interchange on Purvanchal Expressway (ROR: Mau 12 kms. ROL: Ghazipur 32 kms) ---- Azamgarh bypass on Purvanchal Expressway (UP) ---- Shahpur-Akbarpur interchange on Purvanchal Expressway ---- Dostpur cut (ROL: Dostpur) ---- Birsinghpur ---- Ayodhya-Sultanpur interchange on Purvanchal Expressway (ROR: Ayodhya 48 kms. ROL: Sultanpur 18 kms) ---- Faizabad cut/ Haliyapur on Purvanchal Expressway (ROL: Jagadishpur 17 kms, BHEL Township, Indo Gulf Fertilizer, Raebareli 70 kms. ROR: Faizabad 47 kms, Ayodhya 55 kms) ---- Inhauna-Rudauli interchange on Purvanchal Expressway (ROL: Inhauna 9 kms. ROR: Rudauli 28 kms) ---- End of Purvanchal Expressway at Lucknow. Start driving on Lucknow Outer Ring Road at intersection with Lucknow-Sultanpur Road. Turn left at Bakkas ---- Bijnor (Off, Lucknow Outer Ring Road) ---- Exit Lucknow Outer Ring Road at Khusalganj) ---- Lucknow, Mohan Road, Sarosa Bharosa ---- Bangarmau (AL Eway. ROL: Unnao 55 kms) ---- Ganga River Bridge ---- Kati Kui (AL Eway. ROL: Kanpur 68 kms) ---- Makanpur (AL Eway) ---- Faguha (AL Eway. ROR: Kannauj 12 kms) ---- Gagemau (AL Eway) ---- Matouli (AL Eway) ---- Amolar (AL Eway) ---- Nikawa (AL Eway) ---- Ranwan (AL Eway) ---- Behta Khas (AL Eway) ---- Bhikhampur S (AL Eway) ---- Saurikh (AL Eway) ---- Kudrail (AL Eway) ---- Karhal (AL Eway) ---- Ahilyabai Holkar Cut Kathaphori (Intersection of Agra Lucknow Expressway and NH19. Keep driving on ALE. ROL: NH19 towards Gotpur, Etawah) ---- Mukhtesh Mahadev Yamuna River Bridge on AL Eway, 70 kms from Hingot Kheria) ---- Fatehabad on right of ALE ---- Drive past Firozabad/ Fatehabad exit on Agra-Lucknow Expressway ---- Agra (Hingot Kheria) (Taj Expressway and Agra Lucknow Expressway crossing) ---- Yamuna River Bridge (on Agra Inner Ring Road) ---- Rehan Kalan Toll Plaza (Agra Inner Ring Road) ---- Kuberpur. Keep driving ahead on Agra Inner Ring Road (Avoid ROR: NH19. Do not drive to Etawah via Firozabad, Shikohabad) ---- Agra Toll Plaza at Hazipur Khera (on Yamuna Expressway) (UP) ---- Mathura Toll Plaza on Yamuna Expressway (UP) ---- Tappal ---- Jewar Toll Plaza on Yamuna Expressway (Tappal-Noida Cut) (UP) ---- Keep driving on Yamuna Expressway ---- Budh International Circuit (on left of Yamuna Expressway) ---- Galgotias University (on right of Yamuna Expressway) ---- Zero Point Park, Greater Noida (end of Yamuna Expressway) ---- Keep left and start driving on Greater Noida-Noida Expressway ---- NOIDA Sector 148 (UP) ---- Mahamaya Flyover ---- Noida Film City on right ---- Noida DND Flyway Toll Booth ---- New Delhi (Ashram crossing, Delhi Ring Road) ---- AIIMS, New Delhi (Delhi Ring Road) ---- Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi (Delhi Ring Road) 

Distance From To: 

Patna to Delhi = 1083 kms. 

Patna to Danapur (Aryabhat Circle, Khagaul) = 12 kms. 

Danapur (Aryabhat Circle, Khagaul) to Kanhauli-Bihta-Sarmera More = 13 kms. 

Kanhauli-Bihta-Sarmera More to Bihta (ESIC Hospital) = 6 kms. 

Bihta (ESIC Hospital) to Kulhariya Toll Plaza = 10 kms. 

Kulhariya Toll Plaza to Arrah/ Ara bypass = 10 kms. 

Arrah/ Ara bypass to Brahmpur = 41 kms

Brahmpur to Bhojpur = 17 kms. 

Bhojpur to Buxar (Golamber) = 15 kms. 

Buxar (Golamber) to Bharauli (Sahjanand Park) = 3 kms. 

Bharauli (Sahjanand Park) to Sayidaspur = 20 kms. 

Sayidaspur (Start of Purvanchal Expressway) to Mau-Ghazipur interchange = 50 kms. 

Mau-Ghazipur interchange to Azamgarh bypass = 65 kms. 

Azamgarh bypass to Ayodhya-Sultanpur interchange = 118 kms. 

Ayodhya-Sultanpur interchange to Faizabad cut = 42 kms. 

Faizabad cut on Purvanchal Expressway to Lucknow Outer Ring Road (Bakkas) = 90 kms. 

Lucknow Outer Ring Road (Bakkas) to Lucknow Outer Ring Road (Khusalganj) = 37 kms. 

Lucknow Outer Ring Road (Khusalganj) to Faguha = 110 kms. 

Faguha to Maa Ahilyabai Holkar Cut (Intersection of ALE and NH19) = 119 kms. 

Maa Ahilyabai Holkar Cut (Intersection of ALE and NH19) to Firozabad exit (on Agra-Lucknow Expressway) to = 45 kms. 

Firozabad exit (on Agra-Lucknow Expressway) to Agra (Hingot Kheria) = 35 kms. 

Hingot Kheria (Taj Expressway and Agra Lucknow Expressway crossing) to Agra Inner Ring Road Rahan Kalan Toll Plaza = 8 kms. 

Agra Inner Ring Road Rahan Kalan Toll Plaza to Agra Toll Plaza (on YE at Hazipur Khera) = 20 kms. 

Agra Toll Plaza (on YE at Hazipur Khera) to Mathura Toll Plaza (on YE) = 56 kms. 

Mathura Toll Plaza (on YE) to Jewar Toll Plaza (on YE) = 56 kms. 

Jewar Toll Plaza (on Yamuna Expressway) to Budh International Circuit (on left of YE) = 28 kms. 

Budh International Circuit (on left of YE) to End of Yamuna Expressway = 14 kms. 

End of Yamuna Expressway to Noida DND Flyway Toll Plaza = 23 kms. 

Noida DND Flyway Toll Plaza to Ashram crossing (Delhi Ring Road) = 8 kms. 

Ashram crossing (Delhi Ring Road) to AIIMS (Delhi Ring Road) = 6 kms. 

AIIMS (Delhi Ring Road) to Dhaula Kuan (Delhi Ring Road) = 6 kms. 

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Abbreviations used:  

RA = Road Ahead.
ROR = Road on Right.
ROL = Road on Left.
NH = National Highway.
SH = State Highway.
NE = National Expressway.  

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Buxar to Delhi - Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Best Route For Road Trip, Best Intercity Driving Route

Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Best Route For Road Trip, Driving Route, Motoring Route, Best Intercity Driving Route from  

Buxar to Delhi 

(Buxar_Delhi): 

Buxar (Golamber) (BR) (Drive on Buxar-Bharauli Ganga River Bridge) (BR-UP border) ---- Sahjanand Park, Bharauli (UP) (Avoid ROR: Ballia 30 kms. ROL: To start of Purvanchal Expressway) ---- Ujiar (UP) ---- Bhawarkol (UP) ---- Pakhanpura (UP) ---- Sayidaspur (Purvanchal Expressway starts. Keep driving right) (UP) ---- Chandpur Toll Plaza on Purvanchal Expressway ---- Barachawar ---- Kasimabad ---- Mau-Ghazipur interchange on Purvanchal Expressway (ROR: Mau 12 kms. ROL: Ghazipur 32 kms) ---- Azamgarh bypass on Purvanchal Expressway (UP) (Azamgarh-Tanda interchange) ---- Kisundaspur No 1 ---- Tahbarpur ---- Ohani ---- Salarpur (Purvanchal Eway Gorakhpur Link Eway Intersection. ROR: Gorakhpur) ---- Shahpur-Akbarpur interchange on Purvanchal Expressway ---- Dostpur cut (ROL: Dostpur) ---- Birsinghpur ---- Ayodhya-Sultanpur interchange on Purvanchal Expressway (ROR: Ayodhya 48 kms. ROL: Sultanpur 18 kms) ---- Faizabad cut/ Haliyapur on Purvanchal Expressway (ROL: Jagadishpur 17 kms, BHEL Township, Indo Gulf Fertilizer, Raebareli 70 kms. ROR: Faizabad 47 kms, Ayodhya 55 kms) ---- Inhauna-Rudauli interchange on Purvanchal Expressway (ROL: Inhauna 9 kms. ROR: Rudauli 28 kms) ---- End of Purvanchal Expressway at Lucknow. Start driving on Lucknow Outer Ring Road at intersection with Lucknow-Sultanpur Road. Turn left at Bakkas ---- Bijnor (Off, Lucknow Outer Ring Road) ---- Exit Lucknow Outer Ring Road at Khusalganj) ---- Lucknow, Mohan Road, Sarosa Bharosa ---- Bangarmau (AL Eway. ROL: Unnao 55 kms) ---- Ganga River Bridge ---- Kati Kui (AL Eway. ROL: Kanpur 68 kms) ---- Makanpur (AL Eway) ---- Faguha (AL Eway. ROR: Kannauj 12 kms) ---- Gagemau (AL Eway) ---- Matouli (AL Eway) ---- Amolar (AL Eway) ---- Nikawa (AL Eway) ---- Ranwan (AL Eway) ---- Behta Khas (AL Eway) ---- Bhikhampur S (AL Eway) ---- Saurikh (AL Eway) ---- Kudrail (AL Eway) ---- Karhal (AL Eway) ---- Ahilyabai Holkar Cut Kathaphori (Intersection of Agra Lucknow Expressway and NH19. Keep driving on ALE. ROL: NH19 towards Gotpur, Etawah) ---- Mukhtesh Mahadev Yamuna River Bridge on AL Eway, 70 kms from Hingot Kheria) ---- Fatehabad on right of ALE ---- Drive past Firozabad/ Fatehabad exit on Agra-Lucknow Expressway ---- Agra (Hingot Kheria) (Taj Expressway and Agra Lucknow Expressway crossing) ---- Yamuna River Bridge (on Agra Inner Ring Road) ---- Rehan Kalan Toll Plaza (Agra Inner Ring Road) ---- Kuberpur. Keep driving ahead on Agra Inner Ring Road (Avoid ROR: NH19. Do not drive to Etawah via Firozabad, Shikohabad) ---- Agra Toll Plaza at Hazipur Khera (on Yamuna Expressway) (UP) ---- Mathura Toll Plaza on Yamuna Expressway (UP) ---- Tappal ---- Jewar Toll Plaza on Yamuna Expressway (Tappal-Noida Cut) (UP) ---- Keep driving on Yamuna Expressway ---- Budh International Circuit (on left of Yamuna Expressway) ---- Galgotias University (on right of Yamuna Expressway) ---- Zero Point Park, Greater Noida (end of Yamuna Expressway) ---- Keep left and start driving on Greater Noida-Noida Expressway ---- NOIDA Sector 148 (UP) ---- Mahamaya Flyover ---- Noida Film City on right ---- Noida DND Flyway Toll Booth ---- New Delhi (Ashram crossing, Delhi Ring Road) ---- AIIMS, New Delhi (Delhi Ring Road) ---- Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi (Delhi Ring Road) 

Distance From To: 

Buxar to Delhi = 959 kms. 

Buxar (Golamber) to Bharauli (Sahjanand Park) = 3 kms. 

Bharauli (Sahjanand Park) to Sayidaspur = 20 kms. 

Sayidaspur (Start of Purvanchal Expressway) to Mau-Ghazipur interchange = 50 kms. 

Mau-Ghazipur interchange to Azamgarh bypass = 65 kms. 

Azamgarh bypass to Salarpur (Purvanchal Eway Gorakhpur Link Eway Intersection) = 48 kms. 

Salarpur (Purvanchal Eway Gorakhpur Link Eway Intersection) to 

Ayodhya-Sultanpur interchange = 118 kms. 

Ayodhya-Sultanpur interchange to Faizabad cut = 42 kms. 

Faizabad cut on Purvanchal Expressway to Lucknow Outer Ring Road (Bakkas) = 90 kms. 

Lucknow Outer Ring Road (Bakkas) to Lucknow Outer Ring Road (Khusalganj) = 37 kms. 

Lucknow Outer Ring Road (Khusalganj) to Faguha = 110 kms. 

Faguha to Maa Ahilyabai Holkar Cut (Intersection of ALE and NH19) = 119 kms. 

Maa Ahilyabai Holkar Cut (Intersection of ALE and NH19) to Firozabad exit (on Agra-Lucknow Expressway) to = 45 kms. 

Firozabad exit (on Agra-Lucknow Expressway) to Agra (Hingot Kheria) = 35 kms. 

Hingot Kheria (Taj Expressway and Agra Lucknow Expressway crossing) to Agra Inner Ring Road Rahan Kalan Toll Plaza = 8 kms. 

Agra Inner Ring Road Rahan Kalan Toll Plaza to Agra Toll Plaza (on YE at Hazipur Khera) = 20 kms. 

Agra Toll Plaza (on YE at Hazipur Khera) to Mathura Toll Plaza (on YE) = 56 kms. 

Mathura Toll Plaza (on YE) to Jewar Toll Plaza (on YE) = 56 kms. 

Jewar Toll Plaza (on Yamuna Expressway) to Budh International Circuit (on left of YE) = 28 kms. 

Budh International Circuit (on left of YE) to End of Yamuna Expressway = 14 kms. 

End of Yamuna Expressway to Noida DND Flyway Toll Plaza = 23 kms. 

Noida DND Flyway Toll Plaza to Ashram crossing (Delhi Ring Road) = 8 kms. 

Ashram crossing (Delhi Ring Road) to AIIMS (Delhi Ring Road) = 6 kms. 

AIIMS (Delhi Ring Road) to Dhaula Kuan (Delhi Ring Road) = 6 kms. 

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* UttarPradesh_Trails 

* Delhi_Trails 

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RA = Road Ahead.
ROR = Road on Right.
ROL = Road on Left.
NH = National Highway.
SH = State Highway.
NE = National Expressway.  

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Gorakhpur Link Expressway, 74% of 91 kms construction work completed by July 2023

Gorakhpur Link Expressway, 91 kms long and 4 lanes wide, is fast nearing completion. 74% of the construction work is complete (as in early August 2023). 

Gorakhpur Link Expressway will merge with Purvanchal Expressway. For people in the Gorakhpur region, driving to Delhi will become even more easy. 

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BMW crash near Sultanpur on Purvanchal Expressway at 230 kmph on 2022-10-14

‘Chaaro marenge,’ said victims on Facebook Live just before they died chasing 300kmph in BMW. 

Four people died lost their lives when a BMW being driven at 230 kmph collided with a container truck on the Purvanchal Expressway near Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Friday 2022-10-14. 

A video of the four victims speeding the BMW had gone viral on social media. The victims were chasing 300 kmph on Facebook Live when the incident happened. 

The video started with one of the victims saying “charo marenge”. The victims were chasing 300 kmph and had reached 230 kmph when the video stopped. 

Victims can be seen and heard enjoying the ride and encouraging the driver to speed up to chase 300 kmph speed. 

The portion of the road where the accident took place had sunk due to heavy rain recently. 

Four of the victims have been identified as 35-year-old Dr. Anand Prakash from Dehri, 35-year-old Akhilesh Singh and 37-year-old Deepak Kumar both from Aurangabad district, Bhola Khushwa from Rohtas district in Bihar.  

Those who lost their lives: 

Deepak Anand was a resident of Shivpur Dehri village of Bihar's Aurangabad. He was the son-in-law of Dehri's famous Dr. Nirmal. Deepak was married to Dr. Nirmal's niece Anita. Deepak was an engineer by profession and has left behind two children.

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Akhilesh Singh was the son of Vinay Kumar Singh, a resident of Mahsi village of Obra, Aurangabad. Vinay Kumar Singh worked in the PHD department. Later, after retiring, Akhilesh got his father's job. 

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Dr Anand Prakash was married last year in Aurangabad district. The father of the deceased, Dr. Nirmal Kumar is known as a well-known doctor in the area. He was the leader of Janata Dal United (JDU). Deepal was in-charge of the Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency from JDU. The deceased was the youngest of the two brothers. 

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Dr Anand Prakash's relative Bhola Khushwaha, whose village is Balbhadrapur in Rohtas district, also died in the car crash. Bhola was the only child of his parents and he also had a 4-year-old son. He was a businessman by profession. 

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Expressways to Ayodhya, the Temple Town

Expressway to Temple Town -  Infrastructure push is making Ayodhya more accessible for tourists.
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Ayodhya, despite the limelight it has received over the last three to four decades, hasn’t developed into a major revenue-generating tourism centre, largely due to the lack of good connectivity infrastructure.

While Uttar Pradesh has consistently ranked among the top three states in terms of both foreign and domestic tourist arrivals in the country over the last decade with a share of around 13 to 15 percent in both categories, the state remains far from reaching its potential in this domain.

Tourism activity has remained largely confined to the three attractive destinations in the state - Agra, Varanasi and Prayagraj.

What is common between these three destinations other than their critical place in Indian history and civilisation? Good connectivity.

Agra, along with Jaipur and Delhi, is part of the most popular tourism circuit in India, called "Golden Triangle". It is close to Delhi, where a large number of foreign tourists land, and also has its own airport.

It is linked to Lucknow through the Lucknow-Agra Expressway, and to the National Capital Region through the Yamuna Expressway.

Varanasi and Prayagraj, only 120 kilometres apart, form a triangle of their own with the town of Sarnath, and have good rail and road connections, and their own airports with flights to major state capitals and urban centres.

The case of Chitrakoot, the second most important place in the Ramayan circuit after Ayodhya, isn’t very different.

Forget connectivity with other cities, there is not one direct road link between the two temple towns of Ayodhya and Chitrakoot.

A result of apathy of successive governments unwilling to touch anything associated with Ram even with a 10-foot-pole, this is now changing.

Both Ayodhya and Chitrakoot are getting separate expressways, linking these towns with neighboring districts and the National Capital Region.

The under-construction Purvanchal Expressway, which will link state capital Lucknow with the town of Balia on the border with Bihar in the east, passes through seven districts. One of these districts is Ayodhya.

Given that Lucknow is already linked to the National Capital Region along the western boundary of the state through the Lucknow-Agra Expressway and Yamuna (Agra-Greater Noida) Expressway, this would make for seamless connectivity from both eastern and western parts of the state to Ayodhya.

Both Delhi and Agra, the two cities that receive the largest number of foreign tourists, will be linked with Ayodhya through this network of expressways.

Despite delays due to Covid-19 outbreak, the main carriageway of the 340-km-long expressway is likely to be opened by the end of this year.

The Purvanchal Expressway, and consequently the district of Ayodhya, will be linked to Gorakhpur, another major temple town in the state, through the Gorakhpur Link Expressway.

Gorakhpur is the seat of the much-revered Gorakhnath Peeth, which for decades under three Mahants - Digvijay Nath, Avaidyanath and Yogi Adityanath - played a pivotal role in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.

As Chief Minister, Adityanath continues to head the Gorakhnath Peeth as Mahant.

Work on the Link Expressway is already under way.

The Adityanath government is also upgrading the existing airstrip in Ayodhya to a full fledged airport for better connectivity.

In the 2020 budget, the government had allocated Rs 500 crore for the construction of the airport. Rs 200 crore had been released in 2019 to acquire land for expansion around the existing airstrip.

Currently, airports in Lucknow and Gorakhpur, both within 150 km east and west of Ayodhya respectively, serve tourists coming to the temple town by air.

Ayodhya’s railway station is also getting a much-needed upgrade.

The railway station is being massively improved and remodelled based on the Ram Mandir at a cost of Rs 104 crore. Work on the first phase of the station began sometime in 2019 and is likely to be complete in 2021.

A majority of domestic tourists are expected to reach the temple town via rail.

Within the city, multiple other existing facilities and tourist attractions, including the city’s bus station and the ghats along the Sarayu River, are being revamped.

The Purvanchal Expressway is not the only new road that Ayodhya is getting.

In February 2019, Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, laid the foundation for five National Highway projects in Ayodhya.

These projects include the construction of a 46-km-long four-lane ring road around Ayodhya to reduce traffic congestion on the narrow lanes inside the town, 275-km-long Kosi Parikrama Marg as a pilgrimage circuit around Ayodhya passing through six districts, and the 262-km-long Ram Vangaman Marg.

The Ram Vangaman Marg will be the first and much-needed dedicated road link between Ayodhya and Chitrakoot.

Starting from UP’s Pratapgarh, which is linked to Ayodhya to its north through National Highway 330, the new highway will reduce the distance between the two temple towns by around 50 kilometres.

Chitrakoot, along with the seven districts part of the Bundelkhand in UP, is also being linked to the National Capital Region with the Bundelkhand Expressway.

The 296-km long Bundelkhand Expressway, to be ready in 2022, will link Chitrakoot with the Agra-Lucknow expressway near Etawah.

The rough alignment of various expressways, both planned and under-construction, in Uttar Pradesh (UPEIDA)

The region is electorally important for the BJP - of the 19 Vidhan Sabha seats in the seven districts that form Uttar Pradesh’s Bundelkhand, the party had won all 19 in 2017. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the party had won all the four seats in the region, repeating its performance of the 2014 polls.

Bundelkhand is flanked in the east and the west by the two most popular tourist circuits in the state. To the east lies the Prayagraj-Sarnath-Varanasi triangle and the Agra-Mathura-Fatehpur Sikri circuit lies to the west of the region.

Located where it is, Chitrakoot can attract tourists from both these circuits.

A plan to expand the existing runway in Chitrakoot into an airport with commercial flights is also afloat and the state government has expressed interest in developing it into a full-fledged airport to service the Bundelkhand region.

Two other infrastructure projects of the Adityanath government, Jewar Airport and Ganga Expressway, will further improve connectivity in the state.

Jewar Airport, coming up in the western part of the state near Greater Noida, will be the state’s first truly international airport. Work on the airport, touted as India’s biggest, has already begun. The state government has allocated Rs 2000 crore for land acquisition in the 2020 budget.

The Ganga Expressway, as its name suggests, will pass through the districts the Ganga River flows through. The 1,020 kilometres long expressway will be completed in two phases, and work on this project is already underway.

In the first phase, a 600 km corridor will link Meerut in western UP with Prayagraj in the eastern part of the state, passing through Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Sambhal, Badaun, Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli and Pratapgarh.

In the second phase, two extensions will be built, one on the eastern end and the other on the western end. A 110 km extension will link the western end of the expressway in Meerut to the state’s boundary with Uttarakhand, near Haridwar. Its eastern end in Prayagraj will be linked to Balia near the border with Bihar, through a 300-km-long extension passing through Varanasi and Ghazipur.

The expressway will link all temple towns on the bank of the Ganga River.
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Purvanchal Expressway will connect Lucknow To Ghazipur. Foundation stone laid in mid July 2018

Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh is being touted as India's longest expressway that will connect Lucknow to Ghazipur. Its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Azamgarh on Saturday, 2018-07-14. The six-lane Purvanchal Expressway can be expanded to eight lanes. The Purvanchal Expressway project is expected to cost Rs 23,000 crore and is likely to be completed in record three years' time. An air-strip will be constructed in Sultanpur district to facilitate landing of Indian Air Force aircraft in emergency situation.

1. The Purvanchal Expressway, which is 340-km-long, will not just increase connectivity but also give a boost to agriculture, commerce, tourism and industries besides social and economic development in the areas through which it will pass.

2. The Expressway will connect Lucknow with Barabanki, Amethi, Sultanpur, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur.

3. It will be linked with the Lucknow-Agra Expressway and Yamuna Expressway which connects Agra to Delhi and will considerably bring down the travel time between Delhi and eastern Uttar Pradesh.

4. The Purvanchal Expressway will be linked with Varanasi through a separate link.

5. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has called Purvanchal Expressway to be "the lifeline of development in east Uttar Pradesh".

Purvanchal Expressway - Lucknow to Ghazipur (still under construction as in October 2019)

The Purvanchal Expressway project is expected to cost Rs 23,000 crore and is likely to be completed in record three years' time.

Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh is being touted as India's longest expressway that will connect Lucknow to Ghazipur. Its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Azamgarh on 14th July 2018. The six-lane Purvanchal Expressway can be expanded to eight lanes. The Purvanchal Expressway project is expected to cost Rs 23,000 crore and is likely to be completed in record three years' time. An air-strip will be constructed in Sultanpur district to facilitate landing of Indian Air Force aircraft in emergency situation.

5 Facts about Purvanchal Expressway:

 The Purvanchal Expressway, which is 340-km-long, will not just increase connectivity but also give a boost to agriculture, commerce, tourism and industries besides social and economic development in the areas through which it will pass.

The Purvanchal Expressway will connect Lucknow with Barabanki, Amethi, Sultanpur, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur.

The Purvanchal Expressway will be linked with the Lucknow-Agra Expressway and Yamuna Expressway which connects Agra to Delhi and will considerably bring down the travel time between Delhi and eastern Uttar Pradesh.

The Purvanchal Expressway will be linked with Varanasi through a separate link.

Uttar Prades Minister Yogi Adityanath has called Purvanchal Expressway to be "the lifeline of development in east Uttar Pradesh"
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