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Defense Minister and MP from Lucknow, Rajnath Singh and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone of Lucknow Kanpur expressway in a function in Lucknow. This 4,200 crore rupees project will reduce travel time between the two cities to barely 40 minutes. The Defence Minister also launched many development projects worth more than rupees 10 thousand crores for his constituency Lucknow today.
Speaking on the occasion, Rajnath Singh said that these projects will not only give impetus to development of Lucknow but the whole Uttar Pradesh state. He said that a new era of development has begun in the country in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Talking about the importance of Lucknow Kanpur Expressway, Mr Singh said that it will emerge as an economic corridor and work as backbone for the Lucknow and Kanpur nodes of UP defence corridor.
Union Minister Gadkari also launched National Highway projects of 821 kilometres worth 26778 crore rupees in Uttar Pradesh at different places. Mr Gadkari inaugurated and laid foundation of 8 National Highway projects in Kanpur which are being constructed with 14,199 crore rupees. He also laid the foundation stone of Delhi-Amritsar- Katra expressway and national highway Amritsar- Ghoman-Tanda projects through video conferencing. Later in state capital Lucknow, Mr Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 16 National Highway projects at Amausi. The projects are being constructed with 7410 crore rupees.