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The "Ganga Expressway" is an aspirational project to improve connectivity to the interior regions of Uttar Pradesh. This expressway is to be built in two phases and this will be one of the longest expressways when both phases are completed. The "Ganga Expressway Length" is 594 km and it will pass through several districts between Meerut and Prayagraj, via Varanasi.

The developers of this expressway project are instructed by the UP government to complete the work by December 2024 so that the expressway can made operational before the Prayagraj Maha Kumbh Mela in 2025. However, earlier the project was expected to be completed by the end of 2025 but Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the senior officials to complete the work on the Ganga Expressway project and now the "Ganga Expressway completion date" is December 2024 so that the devotees can get the benefits of the expressway during the Prayagraj Kumbh in 2025.

Some reports shared on Ganga Expressway show that the Ganga Expressway project will be constructed for INR 36,000 crores and its construction would require 6,556 hectares of land.

The state cabinet gave its nod to the Ganga Expressway Project on September 2, 2021, a greenfield, six-lane expressway project.

The foundation stone for this 594-km long, six-lane Gange Expressway was laid on December 18, 2021, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"Mr. Yogi Adityanath", the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh recently said that many developments along the Ganga Expressway route will take place, including –

• Some industrial clusters,
• An airstrip,
• Helipads for emergency landings, and
• Operation of air ambulances,
• Public facilities like trauma centers.

He further added that around 96 percent of the total required land of 7,386 hectares of 518-gram panchayats had been acquired for this "Ganga expressway highway" project.

Ganga Expressway Latest News and Current Status

February 6, 2024: The Uttar Pradesh government announced the budget outlay for this key infrastructural project with an allocation of INR 2057.76 crores for the Ganga Expressway. This allocation took place during the annual Budget for 2024-25 presented on February 5, 2024. However, the Ganga Expressway new update is that the government is planning to make the expressway operational before the "Prayagraj Maha Kumbh Mela, 2025".

May 8, 2023: The Uttar Pradesh government is also planning to develop industrial clusters along the Ganga expressway. UPEIDA said that the industrial clusters will also be developed along all the districts through which the Ganga expressway of 594 km length will pass. However, the process of identifying the locations in which the industrial clusters will be developed has already begun. Some of the key developments that will be established along the Ganga Expressway include –

Pharma parks,

Textile parks,

Plastic moulding units,

Industrial units of other sectors.

Ganga Expressway Route Map

As per a statement given by the Uttar Pradesh government on December 14, 2021, more than half of the Ganga Expressway will pass through the western UP areas including Ganga Expressway major cities such as –

Meerut,

Hapur,

Amroha,

Bulandshahr,

Sambhal,

Budaun and

Shahjahanpur districts.

However, the "Ganga Express highway" will connect the Eastern UP to the Western UP and the NCR. This 594-km-long expressway will be constructed in two phases which will start near Bijauli village in Meerut and will connect up to Judapur Dandu village in Prayagraj. Not only that, but the Ganga Expressway will cover numerous districts while passing through major cities and villages which we have mentioned in the list above. The villages list for the Ganga Expressway includes 519 villages. And, the Ganga Expressway district list consists of a total of 12 districts.