LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, basic infrastructure was being developed at a rapid pace to provide a new dimension to progress.
Speaking at the inauguration of a flyover in Lucknow, the CM said that interstate roads and roads connecting district headquarters were being expanded to four lane, while tehsil and block headquarters were being connected with two lane roads. Five expressways are under construction.
Despite its limited finances, he said the state government took several crucial decisions about the construction of national highways. For that, it has stopped imposing royalty on earth for construction and supervision charges for utility shifting have been reduced from 15% to 5%.
“The number of highways and their length have both gone up. I thank road transport and highway minister Nitin Gadkari for the greenfield express highway between Lucknow and Kanpur, which will bring down travel time by half. The Outer Ring Road in Lucknow is also being constructed at a fast pace and will become the lifeline for the city,” the CM said. He also thanked defence minister Rajnath Singh for a DRDO centre in Lucknow.