Narendra Modi to Launch ₹42,000 Crore Uttar Pradesh Infra Push, Flag Off Ganga Expressway.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh on April 28–29 to launch and lay the foundation for infrastructure and development projects worth over ₹42,000 crore, covering sectors such as transport, urban services, healthcare, and tourism.

A major highlight of the visit will be the inauguration of the 594-km Ganga Expressway, one of India’s longest access-controlled highways. The project, valued at ₹36,230 crore, is a six-lane greenfield corridor—expandable to eight lanes—linking Meerut to Prayagraj across 12 districts. It is expected to significantly cut travel time between the two cities from 10–12 hours to around six hours, improving logistics and regional connectivity.

The expressway also features a 3.5-km emergency landing strip in Shahjahanpur, adding a strategic defence component, and is expected to serve as an industrial backbone with more than 2,600 hectares earmarked for manufacturing and logistics hubs along its route.

In Varanasi on April 28, the Prime Minister will attend a Mahila Sammelan and inaugurate or lay the foundation stone for over 160 projects worth around ₹6,350 crore. Completed projects valued at more than ₹1,050 crore include road widening works, rail overbridges, and a 55 MLD sewage treatment plant.

He will also launch rural drinking water initiatives under the Jal Jeevan Mission, along with urban development and community infrastructure projects such as a synthetic hockey turf, an old-age home, and a solar power facility.

Foundation stones will be laid for projects worth approximately ₹5,300 crore, including a 500-bed super-speciality hospital, water and sewerage schemes under AMRUT 2.0, tourism upgrades at key ghats, and administrative infrastructure.

Additionally, the Prime Minister will flag off two new Amrit Bharat Express trains—connecting Banaras to Pune (Hadapsar) and Ayodhya to Mumbai (Lokmanya Tilak Terminus)—to boost affordable long-distance travel. A major rail capacity expansion project between Varanasi and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, including a rail-cum-road bridge over the Ganga, will also be launched to ease congestion and improve freight movement.