UP govt gets environmental clearance for 949 km long Ganga expressway

Lucknow, Nov 20 (UNI) In a major achievement, Environmental Clearance has been issued by the Member Secretary of State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday for the construction of 549  kilometer long Ganga Expressway by Yogi Adityanath government.
Under the notification of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, 2006, it is necessary to obtain environmental clearance before the construction of the projects covered in the schedule.
Under this notification, environmental clearance has been taken by UPEIDA for the construction of Ganga Expressway.
Officials here on Saturday confirmed about the approval received from the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority.
The work of land acquisition for this expressway project is in progress and so far about 94 percent land has been purchased/acquired.
The process of tender for Ganga Expressway is already in progress, after completing the tender process, the construction work of the expressway will be started soon.
Prime minister Narendra Modi is likely to lay the foundation of the Ganga Expressway next month.
The total estimated cost of this expressway project is Rs 36230 crores. Tenders have been invited on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) mode on (Toll) mode.
This expressway will be 594 km long, which will start from near Bijauli village of district Meerut on Meerut-Bulandshahr road (NH-334) and will end near Judapur Dandu village of Prayagraj district on Prayagraj Bypass (NH-19).
This expressway will pass through 12 districts – Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj. This expressway will be 06 lane wide (08 lane expandable).
About 140 rivers/streams/canals/nala, are covered under this expressway project. In addition, 7 ROBs, 17 interchanges, 14 major bridges, 126 minor bridges, 28 flyovers, 50 VUPs, 171 LVUPs, 160 SVUPs and 946 culverts are proposed to be constructed.
It is estimated that around 12000 persons will be employed temporarily during the construction of this expressway project while around 100 persons will be employed on permanent basis from the construction of toll plaza.