Ganga Expressway – A Status Tracker On Uttar Pradesh’s Longest Expressway
With land acquisition completed, the actual construction work on the project is expected to start next year and will take 36 months to complete.What to ExpectFour expressways - Yamuna, Agra-Lucknow, Purvanchal and Bundelkhand - are already operational in UP. Once complete, the Ganga Expressway, will complete the expressway grid in the state. All the expressways are interlinked.The project will provide direct high-speed connectivity from the National Capital Region to Meerut and then onwards to Prayagraj. On becoming operational, the expressway is expected to reduce travel time between Delhi and Prayagraj from the current 10-11 hours to just 6-7 hours.Being the largest expressway planned in the state, the Ganga expressway is expected to play a key role in CM Yogi Adityanath’s plan to make Uttar Pradesh into a USD one trillion economy.
