UP: Construction Of 100 Km Of 296-Km-Long Bundelkhand Expressway Completed In Record Time Of 1 Year

The construction of 100 kilometre of the 296-km-long Bundelkhand Expressway has been completed in a record time of one year, Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), the agency responsible for the planning and construction of e-ways in the state, has said.

The foundation of the expressway was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 29 February last year in the Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh.

According to the UPEIDA, construction of 18 km has been competed in Package 1 of the Bundelkhand Expressway, 13 km in Package 2, 10 km in Package 3, 24 km in Package 4, 22 km in Package 5 and 13 km in Package 6.

Apco Infra is working on Packages 1 and 2, Ashoka Buildcon on Package 3, Gawar Constructions on Packages 4 and 5 and Dilip Buildcon on Package 6.

Nearly 45 per cent of the construction work, including 96 per cent clearing and grubbing work and 79 per cent earth work, has been completed.

The Bundelkhand Expressway project also holds the record for the fastest acquisition of land for a highway project in Uttar Pradesh.

Originating near Bharatkoop in the Chitrakoot district, the e-way passes through the districts of Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya and Etawah.

It joins the Lucknow-Agra Expressway near Kudrail village in the Etawah district, linking the drought-prone Bundelkhand in southern UP and northern Madhya Pradesh to the National Capital Region through the Lucknow-Agra and Yamuna (Agra-Noida) expressways.

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