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The Government of Uttar Pradesh has approved construction of the 600km Ganga Expressway. Estimated to cost Rs360bn, the expressway is claimed to be the world’s longest and aims to provide better connectivity between Allahabad and the western districts of UP. The expressway will run from Meerut through Amroha, Badaun, Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, and Pratapgarh.

The Bihar government has approved in principle the Ganga Expressway project to ease traffic congestion on the roads in Patna. The proposed Expressway would be 21.5km long, running along the Ganga, with an estimated completion time of three years. About 222 hectares of land is needed for the project out of which 54 hectares is private property which has to ...