Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Bundelkhand Expressway at Kaitheri village in Orai tehsil of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh.
With this project the distance from Chitrakoot to Delhi has been reduced by three to four hours. The project will also accelerate the industrial progress of entire Bundelkhand.
The foundation stone for the construction of Bundelkhand Expressway was laid by the Prime Minister on 29 February 2020. The work on the expressway has been completed within 28 months.
The 296 km, four-lane expressway has been constructed at a cost of around Rs 14,850 crore, under the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), and can later be expanded up to six lanes as well.
It extends from NH-35 at Gonda village near Bharatkoop in Chitrakoot district to near Kudrail village in Etawah district, where it merges with the Agra-Lucknow expressway. It passes through seven districts, viz. Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya and Etawah.
Moreover, work on the creation of industrial corridor in Banda and Jalaun districts, next to the Expressway, has already been started.