Agra-Lucknow Expressway to open for commuters today: Akhilesh Yadav's development spree continues
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s ambitious new Agra-Lucknow Expressway, which was inaugurated in November, will open for commuters on Friday. The dream project of Akhilesh was inaugurated in Bangarmau by his father and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on the eve of latter’s birthday at least a month ago.In a first for any road launch, six fighter jets of the Indian Air Force on Monday made a touchdown barely skimming the road before taking off to mark the opening of the Agra-Lucknow Expressway which can be also used for war-like emergency situations. Quoting Bhatnagar, Hindustan Times reported, “Police officers have been told to provide one police van and one ambulance on every 30 kilometre stretch of the expressway and also set up requisite check posts.” At the time of inauguration, three Mirage 2000 and three Sukhoi-30 jets of the IAF carried out the ’touch and go’ on a portion of the newly constructed Expressway which has an RCC construction and reinforced and appropriately marked to facilitate aircraft landings. “When roads are laid they lead to development, this road will connect capitals like New Delhi and Lucknow, it will have industries, petrol pumps and mandis along the route and on returning to power in Uttar Pradesh, the SP government will take this expressway further till Ghazipur and Ballia in record time, it will connect one end of the state to the other,” he said.
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