Purvanchal Expressway

The state agency, UP Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), will acquire about 100 acres in the vicinity of each expressway project for allotment to industry

The Purvanchal Expressway here will remain closed till June 25 in view of the maintenance work at the Indian Air Force airstrip in Jaisinghpur tehsil of the district, officials said. Circle officer Jaisinghpur Prashant Singh said the six-kilometre stretch of the expressway in the district was closed on June 11 for maintenance work. Security officer of Purvanchal Expressway OP Singh said that the link road built adjacent to the expressway will be used for movement of vehicles. On November 16, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 341-kilometre-long Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur. The prime minister had landed in a military transport aircraft on the 3.2-km stretch developed as an emergency landing strip for the IAF. The expressway begins from Chandsarai village on the outskirts of Lucknow and ends at Hadairia village on NH-31 in Ghazipur district. It cuts across nine districts, including Ayodhya, Amethi and Azamgarh.

The newly-constructed Purvanchal Expressway caved in near Haliyapur in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district following incessant rains.

Eight people were killed and 16 others injured when a Delhi-bound double-decker bus rammed into a stationary double-decker bus on the Purvanchal Expressway here on Monday, police said

The statements by the BJP leaders came a day after the Samajwadi Party chief charged the BJP government with compromising on the quality of Purvanchal Expressway

The 3.2-km airstrip has been constructed on the expressway to facilitate emergency landing of fighter aircraft

Four expressway projects with an estimated outlay of Rs 80,000 crore are in different stages of development in the state

Kumar said that the extension of the road for another 17 kilometres will help Bihar connect directly with New Delhi

Post lockdown, Adityanath govt is expediting mega infra projects

The prime minister said the expressway will also boost tourism at places of historical significance

The govt is planning to start the project around December-January after completing the tendering process