The government of Uttar Pradesh will soon commence construction work on 290 km long Bundelkhand Expressway. The work is set to begin in October 2019 which involves construction of four-lane access-controlled highway linking the lesser developed areas of the state to Delhi.

The Bundelkhand Expressway will have seamless connectivity to the Agra-Lucknow Expressway as well as the Agra-Noida Expressway. The Bundelkhand Expressway project will be completed in a span of 30 months.

Around 90 percent of the land needed for the Bundelkhand Expressway project has been acquired and the acquisition of the remaining 10 percent will be completed in the next two months.

The Bundelkhand Expressway will start from Jhansi and will pass through the state’s lesser developed districts such as Chitrakoot, which is also a religious and tourist spot, Banda, Hamirpur, Auraiya as well as Jalaun.

From Jalaun, the Bundelkhand Expressway will connect to Etawah and reach Naseempur through Bateshwar in Agra before joining the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. The project will help 50,000 people get direct and indirect jobs. The expressway will also boost tourism and bring in holistic development of the state.