UP CM lays foundation of Purvanchal expressway

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav who plans to contest the coming Assembly elections in the state on the plank of development, today laid the foundation of Purvanchal expressway project connecting Lucknow to Ghazipur.
In the second supplementary budget worth Rs 1683 crores passed by the UP Assembly today, the government has made a provision of Rs 1000 crores for the Purvanchal expressway.
"None of the previous governments had undertaken as many development works as the Samajwadi Party government", Yadav said at a programme launching the channelisation work of Varuna river and embankment development project of Varanasi.
The chief minister said Purvanchal expressway will connect Ghazipur with Lucknow and will go upto Ballia.

"With this expressway, the eastern districts of the state will get linked with New Delhi via Yamuna expressway and it will become the longest expressway in the country," he said.
The business establishments that will come up along the expressway will also uplift economy, the chief minister said, adding that it will change the picture of the state in time to come.