NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh on November 16, 2021, to inaugurate Purvanchal Expressway at Karwal Kheri in Sultanpur district at around 1:30 PM.
This will be the longest operational expressway of India, overtaking Agra-Lucknow Expressway, which is 302-km long.
The Prime Minister is scheduled to arrive in a C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft that will land on the 3.2-kilometre-long airstrip constructed on the Kurebhar stretch of the Access Controlled Greenfield expressway in Sultanpur.
PM Modi tweeted on Monday to say that it will be “a special day for Uttar Pradesh’s growth trajectory”. “This project brings with it multiple benefits for UP’s economic and social progress,” the Prime Minister posted on Twitter along with four photographs of the Purvanchal Expressway.
He will dedicate the project to the people almost three years after laying its foundation on July 14, 2018, in Azamgarh.
The Purvanchal Expressway project was launched to spur development in the remote east Uttar Pradesh region that has lagged in infrastructure and industrialisation.
With the development of this expressway, the eastern region of the state would also be connected to the national capital of Delhi through the Agra-Lucknow and Yamuna Expressways.
The expressway is 6-lane wide which can be expanded to 8-lane in future. It has been constructed at an estimated cost of about Rs 22,500 crore.
PM Modi will also address a public meeting after inaugurating the Purvanchal Expressway and witness an air show organised by the Indian Air Force (IAF). Along with C-130J Super Hercules, fighter aircraft including Rafale, Mirage, Jaguar, Sukhoi, Kiran Mk II and AN-32 are likely to participate in the 45-minute air show.
(With inputs from agencies)
