PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated $4 billion worth 594-kilometre Ganga Expressway, one of India’s largest greenfield infrastructure projects that was completed in less than 3.5 years, connecting Meerut with Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh.
For decades, eastern UP has remained underdeveloped despite its demographic and economic potential. According to a release, the expressway is set to unlock this latent potential by improving access, reducing distances and integrating the region more closely with the state’s growth corridors.
The project will reduce travel time from about 11 hours to nearly six hours and open new economic opportunities across the state. The expressway has deployed AI-enabled camera systems to provide advanced alerts and enhance road safety. A 3.5-kilometre stretch in Shahjahanpur district has been developed as a dedicated Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) for the Indian Air Force (IAF), facilitating aircraft landing and strengthening the corridor’s strategic capabilities.
Spanning 12 districts, the six-lane expressway, expandable to eight lanes, will improve access to markets, healthcare, education and tourism hubs. For families, this means quicker access to essential services, and for businesses, faster connections to markets, the press release stated. — ANI
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