PM Modi to inaugurate Bundelkhand Expressway in UP
Hindustan TimesPrime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 296 km-long Bundelkhand Expressway in a programme organised near Kaitheri village in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district today. The Bundelkhand expressway starts near Bharatkoop in Chitrakoot district and merges with Agra- Lucknow expressway near Kudrail village in Etawah district. The ₹14,849-crore four-lane access-controlled green field expressway will pave way for the development of the backward region of Bundelkhand, said Uttar Pradesh industrial development minister, Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi. Chief executive officer, UP Expressway Industrial Development Authority, Awanish Kumar Awasthi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of the expressway on 29 February 2020 in a programme organised in Chitrakoot district.