6 Lanes, 600 km, 6 Hours: 120 kmph On Ganga Expressway Built Largely By Adani Group

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 594-km Ganga Expressway on Wednesday. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was also present on the occasion. Built at an estimated cost of about Rs 36,230 crore, Ganga Expressway is Uttar Pradesh's longest expressway and one of India's biggest greenfield road projects. The six-lane access-controlled corridor, expandable to eight lanes, links Meerut to Prayagraj across 12 districts. It also comes with a much larger ambition -- to function not just as a road, but as an industrial, logistics and development corridor. The Adani Group has built three of the four sections of the Ganga Expressway. Of the 594 kilometres, 464 kilometres of the road have been constructed by the conglomerate. For Uttar Pradesh, this is not merely a transport milestone. It is a test case in how infrastructure can drive manufacturing, logistics, real estate, agriculture and tourism at the same time.