LUCKNOW: Union defence minister and Lucknow MP Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the 104-km Outer Ring Road will be completed by December next year. Once operational, the eight-lane carriageway will help in decongesting the entire city and ensure smooth traffic movement.
While dedicating two newly-constructed flyovers in the state capital to the people, Singh said the proposal for construction of an expressway between Lucknow and Kanpur has also been approved.
The virtual function was also addressed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya.
“The widening of Lucknow-Sultanpur road into a four-lane highway has already been completed. Lucknow-Hardoi-Shahjahanpur-Ballia road has been declared a national highway (NH 731) and the work to make it four-lane is underway,” Singh said.
The two flyovers – one from Guru Gobind Singh Marg to DAV College via Naka and second from Meena Bakery (Rajajipuram) to Victoria Street – were completed in a record time despite Covid-19 pandemic and will serve as a lifeline for over 8 lakh residents in old city areas.
Singh requested the state government and the Lucknow Municipal Corporation to repair roads around flyovers and create green areas under them, protected with iron grills to check encroachments.
He also highlighted projects being implemented under the Smart City Mission and thanked the CM for expediting the work of Haider Canal and Daulatganj STPs.
Inaugurating the new super-speciality cancer hospital, Singh said the facility would benefit people, particularly the poor from across the state.
Meanwhile, thanking the Lucknow MP for fulfiling the promise made to them, residents of Bazarkhala, Rajajipuram, Mehndiganj and Tikait Rai Talab areas said the opening of flyover from Hussainganj to Aishbagh and Haiderganj to Mill areas would be a big relief for commuters.