Roads in and around Varanasi will be getting a Rs 11,500 crore makeup.

As per the plan, around 670 km of existing roads will get a spruce-up over the next two-three years. Most of the roads under the plan are two-laned roads which will be broadened to four-lane stretches.

Soon, widening work will start on the 17 km stretch connecting Babatpur airport to the main city and another 16 km connecting Sultanpur on NH-56 and Azamgarh on NH-233. Eight other projects with an approximate length of 640 km are at the conception stage.

Work on the first two projects will be taken up on EPC mode, in which the government will invest the entire Rs 950 crore. These projects will be completed in the next two years.

All formalities for awarding contracts will be formalised within six-seven months so as to complete the project in two-three years. The UP government will carry out the land acquisition for these projects while the Centre will bear the cost.

More Project Info:
Road Upgradation (Sultanpur-Azamgarh) Project