The national government started an ambitious highway expansion initiative – the Bharatmala project – in 2017 to improve connectivity, particularly along economic corridors, border regions, and far-flung districts (or Bharatmala Pariyojana).
The 91.352-kilometer Gorakhpur link expressway, which is now under construction, would be another milestone in Uttar Pradesh’s infrastructure development.
The Delhi-Meerut Expressway was initially envisaged in 1999 to improve access to the western part of the national capital region (NCR), but development was put on hold owing to financing concerns.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi placed the foundation stone for the 296-kilometer Bundelkhand Expressway, a four-lane controlled-access expressway connecting the state’s backward districts to the national capital, on February 29, 2020.
On India’s 75th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the government will launch the ‘PM Gati Shakti Master Plan,’ an Rs.100 lakh-crore project to build ‘holistic infrastructure.’
