The center today approved Uttar Pradesh highway project as part of the Golden Quadrilateral between Delhi and Kolkata. The cost of the project is estimated at Rs. 3,691.09 crore, including cost of land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation, and other pre-construction activities. The total length of the roads to be developed is 145 kilometers.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in a statement said that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave approval for development of six-laning of Chakeri-Allahabad section of National Highway (NH) 2 in Uttar Pradesh.

This work will be done under National Highways Development Project Phase V on Hybrid Annuity Mode. The project will reduce travel time and ease traffic between Chakeri and Allahabad.

The project on National Highway 2 is on the Golden Quadrilateral between Delhi and Kolkata. The road will touch southwestern Uttar Pradesh locations such as Kanpur Nagar, Ruma, Chaudagra, Malwa, Fatehpur and Kaushambi. Kanpur is one of the oldest industrial townships in north India.

In the project, there is a provision of 11 truck lay by where trucks stop mainly for loading and unloading. There is also a provision of bus lay by at 18 locations. Nine flyovers are also proposed in addition to 14 vehicular underpasses and 25 pedestrian underpasses.

This project will increase employment potential for local labourers as it is estimated that the construction of one kilometer of highway will require a total number of 4,076 man-days [work hours]. During the construction period of this stretch employment potential of 5,91,000 man-days will be generated locally.

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