The Uttar Pradesh government is expediting land acquisition for the proposed Bundelkhand Expressway.

The 293 km expressway will be developed in the arid and backward Bundelkhand zone spanning Jhansi, Chitrakoot, Banda, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya and Etawah districts.

The project is estimated to cost nearly Rs 100 billion. The government has made a budgetary provision of Rs 6.50 billion in the annual budget for the mega infrastructure project. The UP Expressways and Industrial Development Authority (UPEDA) is the nodal agency for the two projects. Land for the project will be made available to the selected concessionaire under public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

The state government has identified more than 5,000 ha of land across Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow and Chitrakoot, comprising the six nodes of the proposed Defence Corridor.