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==Status updates==
==Status updates==
* '''March 2015:''' It is revealed that the Uttar Pradesh state government is considering an expressway connecting Lucknow with Ballia. <ref>{{Cite news|last=Rawat|first=Virendra Singh|date=2015-03-17|title=Expressway and roads to growth|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/expressway-and-roads-to-growth-115031701365_1.html|access-date=2021-11-16}}</ref>
* '''May 2015:''' Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister [[Akhilesh Yadav]] announces the Lucknow–Azamgarh–Ballia Expressway or ''Samajwadi Purvanchal Expressway''.{{cn|date=September 2021}}
* '''Oct 2015:''' Government of UP finalized the alignment out of three proposed alignment for expressway. [[Project plan|Detailed Project Report]] (DPR) to be prepared in three months.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/UP-finalises-alignment-for-Lko-Ballia-expressway/articleshow/49235074.cms|title=UP finalises alignment for Lucknow-Ballia Expressway |work=The Times of India |date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
*''' 2015:''' expressway .<ref>{{ web |url=://timesofindia.indiatimes.com//------expressway/articleshow/.cms|=-|=The Times of India|=}}</ref>
*'''Oct 2015:''' Government of UP finalized the alignment out of three proposed alignment for expressway. [[Project plan|Detailed Project Report]] (DPR) to be prepared in three months.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/UP-finalises-alignment-for-Lko-Ballia-expressway/articleshow/49235074.cms|title=UP finalises alignment for Lucknow-Ballia Expressway |work=The Times of India |date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* '''Nov 2015:''' The Lucknow–Azamgarh–Ballia Expressway renamed as Purvanchal Expressway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Govt-renames-Lucknow-Ballia-expressway-after-Purvanchal/articleshow/49636458.cms|title=Govt renames Lucknow-Ballia expressway after Purvanchal |work=The Times of India |date=3 November 2015 }}</ref>
* '''Nov 2015:''' The Lucknow–Azamgarh–Ballia Expressway renamed as Purvanchal Expressway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Govt-renames-Lucknow-Ballia-expressway-after-Purvanchal/articleshow/49636458.cms|title=Govt renames Lucknow-Ballia expressway after Purvanchal |work=The Times of India |date=3 November 2015 }}</ref>
* '''Feb 2016:''' State Government allocated ₹1,500 crores for the expressway in the budget.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/uttar-pradesh-state-budget-201617-presented-1455878317-1 |title=Uttar Pradesh State Budget 2016-17 presented |date=19 February 2016 |work=Dainik Jagran }}</ref>
* '''Feb 2016:''' State Government allocated ₹1,500 crores for the expressway in the budget.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/uttar-pradesh-state-budget-201617-presented-1455878317-1 |title=Uttar Pradesh State Budget 2016-17 presented |date=19 February 2016 |work=Dainik Jagran }}</ref>

Revision as of 08:23, 16 November 2021

Purvanchal Expressway
Map
Purvanchal Expressway in red
Purvanchal Expressway 436789.png
A section of Purvanchal Expressway
Route information
Maintained by Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA)
Length340.824 km (211.778 mi)
Existed16 November 2021–present
Major junctions
West endChand Saray village, Lucknow district
East endHaydaria village, NH-31, Ghazipur district
Location
CountryIndia
StateUttar Pradesh
Highway system
State Highways in Uttar Pradesh

Purvanchal Expressway is a 340.8 km long, 6-lane wide access-controlled expressway in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] The expressway connects Chand Saray village near Gosainganj in Lucknow district with Haydaria village on NH-31 in Ghazipur district. It is developed by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA). The Purvanchal Expressway has a 3.2 km long airstrip at Akhalkiri Karwat village near Kurebhar in Sultanpur district for emergency landing of aircrafts.[2] The construction work was started by the UPEIDA in October 2018 and inaugurated on 16 November 2021.[3][4] The Prime Minister arrived the inauguration site in the C-130 Hercules and later a touch and go exercise was also performed on the expressway by the Indian Air Force.[5][6]

The project was announced by the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav as Lucknow-Azamgarh-Ballia Expressway in May 2015.[citation needed] Later, route was changed to Lucknow-Azamgarh-Ghazipur by the Yogi Adityanath government, and upon acquisition of around 95% of required land, foundation stone of Purvanchal Expressway was laid on 14 July 2018 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[7][8][9][10][11][12] With a total project value of ₹22,494 crore, including the land acquisition cost, the Expressway is India’s longest expressway.[13][14]

The expressway is to be linked with Varanasi–Azamgarh highway through a separate link road. UPEIDA is also constructing the Gorakhpur Link Expressway, which will connect Jaitpur village in Gorakhpur district with Purvanchal Expressway at Salarpur village in Azamgarh district. Upon the completion of 17 km long, 4-lane wide Buxar–Ghazipur Elevated Road (Bharauli in Buxar to Haydaria in Ghazipur), Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh will be directly connected to Arrah and Patna in Bihar by Purvanchal Expressway and NH-922.[15][16]

Route

The Purvanchal Expressway connects Chand Saray village near Gosainganj in Lucknow district with Haydaria village on Mohammadabad–Buxar highway (NH-31) in Ghazipur district. It passes through 9 districts of Uttar Pradesh i.e. (from west to east) Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur.

Entry/ Exits

The following entry/exit points are present in the expressway:[17]

Chainage Intersecting Road No Details of the Intersecting Road Project Structure
-0+270 NH 56 (NH731) National Highway NH56/731 Trumpet Interchange
36+870 SH 13 Haidergarh - Barabanki Road Slip Roads with toll booth
58+380 SH 31 Inhauna - Rudauli Road Slip Roads with toll booth
81+900 SH 15 Raebareli - Faizabad Road Interchange with Toll Plaza
121+860 SH 9 Sultanpur - Faizabad Road Interchange with Toll Plaza
138+150 NH 232 (NH-128) Sultanpur - Akbarpur Road Interchange with Toll Plaza
182+360 SH 5 Akbarpur - Jaunpur Road Slip Roads with toll booth
234+650 NH 233 (NH-28) Azamgarh - Tanda Road Interchange with Toll Plaza
253+850 SH 34 Azamgarh - Mau Road Slip Roads with toll booth
294+200 SH 34 Mau - Ghazipur Road Interchange with Toll Plaza
329+500 Ballia Link Ballia Link Road (future) Slip Roads with toll booth
340+500 NH 19 (NH-31) National Highway Road NH19 Trumpet Interchange

Construction

The UPEIDA divided the construction work of 340.8 km long Purvanchal Expressway into 8 packages, which were awarded to 5 different contractors.[18] The design work was done by Egis India Consulting Engineers (Package 1 to 4) and Ayesa India (Package 5 to 8).

22 Flyovers, 7 Railway-over-bridges (ROB), 7 major bridges, 114 minor bridges, 6 Toll Plazas, 45 vehicular-underpasses (VUP), 139 Light VUP, 87 pedestrian underpass and 525 Box culverts has been constructed.[19] Total construction cost (excluding the cost of Land) is around ₹11,216 crores.

Following is the list of contractors:

Sr. No. Package Length in km Contractor
1. Chand Saray (Lucknow)–Sansara (Barabanki) 40.4 Gayatri Projects[20]
2. Sansara (Barabanki)–Jarai Kalan (Amethi) 39.7 Gayatri Projects
3. Jarai Kalan (Amethi)–Siddhi Ganeshpur (Sultanpur) 41.7 Apco Infratech
4. Siddhi Ganeshpur (Sultanpur)–Sansarpur (Sultanpur) 42.7 GR Infraprojects
5. Sansarpur (Sultanpur)–Govindpur (Azamgarh) 54.0 PNC Infratech[21]
6. Govindpur (Azamgarh)–Mojrapur (Azamgarh) 28.2 PNC Infratech
7. Mojrapur (Azamgarh)–Bijaura (Ghazipur) 46.0 GR Infraprojects
8. Bijaura (Ghazipur)–Haydaria (Ghazipur) 48.0 Oriental Structural Engineers

Delhi–Lucknow–Patna connectivity

The Purvanchal Expressway is a part of Government of Uttar Pradesh's initiative to connect Lucknow with Ghazipur in order to improve transportation facilities and trade & commerce activities in East UP and Bihar.[22][23] Upon the completion of 4-lane wide Buxar–Ghazipur Elevated Road (Bharauli in Buxar to Haydaria in Ghazipur), people can also travel from New Delhi to Patna in Bihar via Agra and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh by using following route:

Sr. No. Name of Road from to Distance in km
1 DND Flyway New Delhi Noida 09.2
2 Noida–Greater Noida Expressway Noida Greater Noida 24.5
3 Yamuna Expressway Greater Noida Agra 165.5
4 Agra–Lucknow Expressway Agra Lucknow 302.2
5 Lucknow Ring Road Sarosa Bharosa Chand Saray 32
6 Purvanchal Expressway Lucknow Ghazipur 340.8
7 Ghazipur–Buxar Elevated Road Ghazipur Buxar 17.0
8 Buxar–Arrah–Patna (NH-922) Buxar Patna 125.0

Note: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced on 28 August 2021 that the Government of India will construct Ghazipur–Arrah–Patna Expressway at an event in Arrah, Bihar.[24][25]

Status updates

  • March 2015: It is revealed that the Uttar Pradesh state government is considering an expressway connecting Lucknow with Ballia. [26]
  • May 2015: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announces intention to take up the Lucknow-Ballia expressway "soon" with the feasibility report having been procured and a meeting with the consultant and potential bidders having been held already in Lucknow. [27]
  • Oct 2015: Government of UP finalized the alignment out of three proposed alignment for expressway. Detailed Project Report (DPR) to be prepared in three months.[28]
  • Nov 2015: The Lucknow–Azamgarh–Ballia Expressway renamed as Purvanchal Expressway.[29]
  • Feb 2016: State Government allocated ₹1,500 crores for the expressway in the budget.[30]
  • Dec 2016: Akhilesh Yadav, then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh lays foundation stone of Lucknow-Azamgarh-Ballia Expressway on 22 December 2016.[31][32][33][34][35]
  • Mar 2017: Yogi Adityanath of BJP became the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on 19 March 2017.
  • May 2017: Yogi Adityanath government cancels tenders issued by the previous Akhilesh Yadav government, stating that currently only 40.17% of needed land is acquired. The fresh tenders will be issued, when at least 80% of the required land will be acquired.[36] UP Government orders faster land acquisition.[37]
  • Jun 2017: The state government may take a loan of ₹3,500 crore for the construction work, which was recently approved by the UP cabinet with link roads to Ayodhya and Varanasi.[38]
  • Sep 2017: 60% land acquired at cost of ₹4,500 crore. Total land acquisition may cost up to ₹6,500 crore. NITI Aayog says the Central Government may bear construction cost, if UP government bears the land acquisition cost.[39]
  • Jan 2018: 85% land acquisition done, foundation stone to be laid in March 2018.[40]
  • Apr 2018: 91% land acquired. Request for Proposal (RFP) document floated.[41]
  • Jul 2018: On 14 July 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Purvanchal Expressway (Lucknow-Azamgarh-Ghazipur Expressway) at Azamgarh.[10][42][1] Tender awarded for road construction to 5 firms for 8 packages.[18]
  • Oct 2018: Construction work started on 10 October for Package 2 to 8.[43]
  • Nov 2018: Construction work started by Gayatri Projects on 24 November for Package-1.
  • Feb 2019: The Government of Uttar Pradesh allocated ₹1,194 crores in UP Budget 2019.
  • Jun 2019: Government of Uttar Pradesh saves ₹620 crore in bidding process for Purvanchal Expressway.[44] 10% of construction work has been completed.
  • Jul 2019: Proposal to extend the Purvanchal Expressway to Ballia.[45]
  • Sep 2019: 97% of earth work completed. To check the progress of construction work without physical inspection, UPEIDA to launch mobile app soon.[46]
  • Oct 2019: 20% of construction work is completed.[47]
  • Apr 2020: Work resumed after being on-hold for nearly a month due to COVID-19.[48]
  • Aug 2020: 52% of construction work completed, as of 10 August.[49]
  • Jun 2021: 90% of construction work and 928 out of total 934 structures completed as of 28 June.[50]
  • Jul 2021: 95% of construction work and 930 out of total 934 structures completed as of 26 July. The deadline for construction work is October 2021.[51]
  • Aug 2021: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced on 28 August 2021 that the Government of India will construct Ghazipur–Arrah–Patna Expressway at an event in Arrah, Bihar.
  • Sep 2021: On 10 September, CM Yogi Adityanath confirmed to inaugurate the expressway in October 2021.[52] 97% of construction work completed as of 20 September.[53]
  • Nov 2021: The expressway will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 16 November.[54]

See also

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