Governor pitches mega infra push by U.P govt

Governor Anandiben Patel on Tuesday said the state received investment proposals of about Rs 45 lakh crore in the past eight years, of which proposals exceeding Rs 15 lakh crore have so far been implemented.

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW :

The governor, who read out only the first and last few pages of her 44-page address at the joint sitting of two houses of the state legislature, made a mention of the important development projects being implemented in different regions.

About the UP Defence Industrial Corridor, she said its Jhansi node features Bharat Dynamics Limited, Kanpur node has Adani Defence Systems and Technology, Aligarh node includes Anchor Research Labs while the Lucknow node houses DRDO Brahmos Aerospace.

She said these projects are set to attract an investment of Rs 9,500 crore.

Lauding the state government's efforts for construction of expressways, she said UP has the largest share in the country's total expressway network.

Besides four major expressways - Yamuna Expressway, Agra-Lucknow Expressway, Purvanchal Expressway and Bundelkhand Expressway that are operational, the state's longest expressway, the Ganga Expressway along with the Gorakhpur Link Expressway is under construction.

Anandiben said work is in progress on the construction of the Chitrakoot Link Expressway, the expressway connecting Agra-Lucknow Expressway to the Purvanchal Expressway, the link expressway connecting Bundelkhand Expressway and Agra-Lucknow Expressway to Ganga Expressway via Farrukhabad and the Jewar Airport Link Expressway.