Purvanchal Expressway to speed up UP development: PM Modi

Shubhadeep Choudhury

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 16

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Purvanchal Expressway would speed up Uttar Pradesh’s journey towards a bright future.

Air show marks event

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Two Sukhoi Su 30MKI fighters, Mirage 2000, Jaguars, one Soviet-era Antonov An-32 transport aircraft and three Kiran jets (from ‘Surya Kiran’) on Tuesday took part in an air show during the inauguration of Purvanchal Expressway

He was speaking after inaugurating the over 340-km-long six-lane state-of the-art road built at a cost of Rs 22,500 crore. A 3.2-km-long airstrip made as part of the road for emergency use by the IAF was used today for landing the C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft with the PM on board.

The function was held at Karwal Kheri in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The road passes through the area. The expressway connects Lucknow with Ghazipur (touching the eastern UP districts of Barabanki, Amethi, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh and Mau en route).

The PM said the project would attract food-processing, agro-based and pharmaceutical industries.