Sluggish land acquisition hits Yogi's flagship Rs 190 billion infra project

Purvanchal Expressway getting delayed; DMs, commissioners summoned

Purvanchal Expressway, a flagship project of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath estimated to cost Rs 190 billion is getting inordinately delayed over sluggish land acquisition even as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is due to complete a year in office on March 19.

A total of 4,332 hectares are required for the project, comprising both private and government land. Land cost alone is expected to cost nearly Rs 65 billion of the total project cost.

The Purvanchal Expressway project was projected to be launched before March 2018. As per norms, an expressway project could be launched after 90% of