Companies such as Larsen & Tourbo,
Gammon, DLF and Shapoorji Pallonji have shown preliminary interest for
developing Uttar
Pradesh government's 950 km Ganga Expressway.
The proposed Rs.25,000 crore
eight-lane access controlled expressway will stretch across Uttar Pradesh, from
Greater Noida in the west to Ballia in the east. The state government has
appointed SREI Infrastructure Finance and RITES as consultants for the project
and construction work is likely to begin by April 2008.
Starting from freight container depot
at Sikandarabad in Gautam Buddha Nagar, the access-controlled expressway will
move along the left bank of river Ganga. The eight lane stretch will pass
through Bulandshahr, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh,
Allahabad and Varanasi districts.