Shahjahanpur: After inaugurating the Purvanchal freeway and placed the foundation of the Jewar Airport, PM Narendra Modi will launch the construction of the ambitious Ganges freeway project from Shahjahanpur on Saturday.
This step can lend new traction to the BJP development narrative ahead of the assembly poll, which is expected in the next few months.
Here you need to know about the toll road: * 594-km toll road, the longest country the longest, will begin with the village of Bijauli.
Along NH-334 in Meerut and ended in Judapur Dandu Village near the Bypass of NH-2 in Prayagraj.
It will cross 10 districts including Hapur, Bulandshahar, Amroha, Sambhal, Badun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Raebareli and Pratapgarh.
* In Shahjahanpur where a 3.5 km long air foundation is proposed to be built for emergency landings and take off the fighter aircraft.
* Six pathway freeways, it can be expanded to eight lines will have a width of 120 meters, the total land area obtained for road construction.
It is also proposed to have a width road 3.75 meters on the one hand so that the residents of the nearest villages from the project area may get smooth transportation facilities.
* Along with this, nine public ease centers, seven railway bovers, 14 main bridges, 126 small bridges and 381 underpasses will be built for the comfort of the people.
Exchange facilities will also be provided at 17 places to enter and come out on the toll road.
A service road will also be built for residents of villages around the project.
* This project covers the main part of the West Western region that has been exposed to farmers’ riots on three agricultural laws.
* Projected as a “historical milestone” in the development of state infrastructure, the freeway will provide direct road connectivity to the national capital region of the east to the top.
* Time travel between Delhi and Prayagraj reduced to 7 hours * A government spokesman said that the state government had approved the Ganga Expressway project on November 26 last year at a cost of Rs 36,230 Crore.
Sources of Upeida said that around 18.55,000 puppies will be planted along the toll roads for environmental protection, in addition to operating the project through the use of solar power.