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he prime minister previously laid a foundation stone for the project in February 2020. (Twitter/@NarendraModi)Inaugurating the 296 km four-lane Bundelkhand Expressway in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at previous governments in the state for not doing enough to improve connectivity and economic growth in the region. The expressway, which has been built at a cost of Rs 14,850 crore, will connect Chitrakoot with the Lucknow-Agra Expressway near Etawah.
“This expressway will not only give speed to the vehicles, but will also accelerate the industrial progress of the entire Bundelkhand,” he said. The prime minister cautioned people, especially the youth, against the “revari culture” and said it could be “very dangerous” for the country’s development.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath welcomed Modi by offering him a local ‘Bundeli’ stole at the inauguration ceremony at Kaitheri village in Orai tehsil of Jalaun district.
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The prime minister previously laid a foundation stone for the project in February 2020. The expressway was completed in a record 28 months – 8 months ahead of its deadline, the government said.
The four-lane expressway, which can be expanded to six lanes later, will cover six districts — Etawah, Auraiya, Jalaun, Mahoba, Banda, and Hamirpur — before terminating at Gonda village near Bharatkoot area of Chitrakoot district in Bundelkhand.
The expressway is expected to give a major boost to economic development in the region. “The project is significant as the government has ambitious plans to boost the economic activity of the Bundelkhand region with this expressway project. In the next step, the government plans to develop industrial hubs along the expressway in Banda and Jalaun districts,” an official said.
With PTI inputs.
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