Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 341-km Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh after landing on the highway airstrip in an IAF C-130 Hercules plane. Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath received the prime minister at the airstrip.
The 3.2-km airstrip has been constructed on the expressway to facilitate the emergency landing of fighter aircraft. The 341-km expressway links state capital Lucknow with Ghazipur and has been constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 22,500 crore. From the airstrip venue, the prime minister will witness an air show by different aircraft.
Talking here the PM said that the defence sector was ignored by the previous Government and they just bothered about their own family. This expressway will link Delhi, Lucknow, Amethi, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Azamhgar and Ghajipur very easily.
This will pave the way for all-round development of UP he said. He complimented Yogi the CM of the speedy completion of the project.
The expressway is 341-km long, linking state capital Lucknow with Ghazipur. It has been constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 22,500 crore.
The 341 kilometre-long Purvanchal Expressway starts from village Chaudsarai, district Lucknow located on Lucknow-Sultanpur road (NH-731) and ends at village Hydaria located on National Highway number 31, 18 kilometres east of the Uttar Pradesh-Bihar border.
