Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh today and inaugurate the 296 km four-lane Bundelkhand Expressway that will give a major boost to connectivity and industrial development in the region.

Built with an investment of Rs 14,850 crore, the entire work on the expressway has been completed in 28 months with the foundation stone for the project having been laid by PM Modi on February 29, 2020.

The expressway has been constructed under the aegis of Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), and can later be expanded up to six lanes as well.

Along with improving connectivity in the region, the Bundelkhand Expressway will also give a major boost to economic development. Work on the creation of an industrial corridor in Banda and Jalaun districts, next to the Expressway has already started.

The Modi government has focused greatly on connectivity and infrastructure. The budgetary allocation of Rs 1.99 lakh crore for the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in Budget 2022-23 is the highest ever. This is a jump of over 550 per cent when compared to the allocation of about Rs. 30,300 crore in 2013-14, according to senior officials.

In the last seven years, the length of National Highways in the country has gone up by more than 50 per cent from 91,287 km (as on April 2014) to around 1,41,000 km (as on December 31, 2021).

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