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STORY OF INDIA'S LONGEST EXPRESSWAY TODAY!

At 1:30 PM today, 16th Nov 2021, Purvanchal Expressway will be inaugurated.

2002: Project was announced by Mayawati. Connecting Lucknow & Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. Nothing happened after this till 2015.

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#PurvanchalExpressway

2015: Foundation stone was laid by Akhilesh. Project changed to Lucknow-Azamgarh-Ballia Expressway.
Nothing happened after this till 2017. The project got stuck with difficulties in land acquisition & allegations of scams.

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2017: The project was re-routed by Yogi Adityanath to ease land acquisition to Lucknow-Azamgarh-Ghazipur.

2018: 95% land acquisition was achieved in June. Foundation Stone was laid in July. Construction began in October.

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2021: Project to be inaugurated and handed over to the citizens on 16th November. In 3 years.

Purvanchal Expressway is a 340km long 6 lane access controlled road that makes it India's longest expressway today. 22 Flyovers, 7 Railway-over-bridges (ROB), 7 major bridges,
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114 minor bridges, 6 Toll Plazas, 45 vehicular-underpasses (VUP), 139 Light VUP, 87 pedestrian underpass and 525 Box culverts have been constructed.

Project cost: Rs 22,494 crore.

After the completion of the elevated Buxar-Arrah-Patna expressway,
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currently NH 922, we can drive from Delhi to Patna in just expressways.

Congratulations India 👏
#PurvanchalExpressway
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Route from Delhi to Patna