UP plans 5 more expressways
Though slightly late, the Uttar Pradesh government finally seems to have woken up to the fact that good road connectivity is the key to business linkages and a buoyant economy. In order to realise that dream, as many as five more expressways are being planned, which will crisscross the state from all corners. These five will be in addition to the Taj expressway and the Ganga expressways, work on which has already begun. Totaling around 2,500 km, these five expressways have been conceptualised along the major rivers that cut across the state—Yamuna, Betwa, Ghaghra, Ram Ganga and Hindan. Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) is authorised to explore the technical as well financial feasibility of these expressways. The proposed expressways include, 250 km eight-lane Ghaziabad-Saharanpur-Dehradun expressway on river Hindan, 950-kms long Jhansi-Kanpur-Lucknow-Gorakhpur-Kushinagar expressway, 500-kms Agra-Kanpur expressway on river Yamuna, the 350-kms Bijnore-Mo