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Proposed Greenfield Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway To Get National Highway Status
Bundelkhand Expressway under construction (representative image) (UPEIDA)
The proposed greenfield Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway will soon be accorded status of a National Highway.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had sought approval from the Uttar Pradesh government for the same.
The proposal has been accepted by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and a no-objection certificate will now be sent by the state government to the Centre in this regard.
The alignment of the project has also been finalised. After it is built, the travel time between the two major cities of the state will be reduced to 45 minutes.
As per the proposal, 13-km of the greenfield expressway from Lucknow’s Amausi to Bani would be elevated. It will be connected to the proposed ring road in Kanpur, reports Times of India.
(With inputs from IANS)
