‘Way to a new UP’: PM Modi inaugurates 341-km Purvanchal Expressway

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the 341-km Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. (AP)

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   Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the 341-km Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. (AP)

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   Prime Minister landed on the highway airstrip in an IAF C-130 Hercules plane. He was received by Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the airstrip. (AP)

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   Constructed at an estimated cost of about Rs 22,500 crore, the Purvanchal Expressway starts from Chandsarai village in the district of Lucknow located on the Lucknow-Sultanpur road and ends at Haidaria village on National Highway 31 in Ghazipur district. (Twitter/NarendraModi)

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   It is currently a six-lane highway and can be expanded to eight-lane in the future. (Twitter/Narendra Modi)

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   “When I laid the foundation stone of Purvanchal Expressway three years back, I never thought that I will land here on an aircraft one day,” PM Modi said.

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   “This is the expressway to the state’s development and will show the way to a new Uttar Pradesh," PM Modi added. (AP)

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   The prime minister also said the six-lane expressway will serve as the lifeline of the eastern region and give a big push to economic development of the region and the state. In Pic: From left, Governor of Uttar Pradesh Anandiben Patel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (AP)

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   The launch comes almost 3 years after the prime minister laid its foundation stone in Azamgarh in July 2018. (PTI)

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   Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityamath also lauded the project saying it will prove to be the backbone of Eastern UP. (AP)