Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday inaugurated seven national highway projects with an investment of Rs 6,500 crore in Chitbada village, Balia, Uttar Pradesh.
Gadkari claimed during his speech that the completion of the Balia Link Expressway would make it feasible to travel from Lucknow to Patna via the Purvanchal Expressway in about four and a half hours.
According to him, it would take 30 minutes to travel from Balia to Buxar, an hour to get from Balia to Chhapra, and 1.5 hours to get from Balia to Patna.
He stated that eastern Uttar Pradesh will have greater connectivity to Chhapra, Patna, and Buxar in Bihar thanks to the construction of the greenfield highway. The Minister claimed that it would be simple for farmers in Ballia to transport their produce to the markets in Lucknow, Varanasi, and Patna.
He claimed that by using this expressway, three multi-modal terminals—Varanasi, Ghazipur, and Haldia—would directly help farmers who grow vegetables.
Gadkari said the greenfield road from Chandauli to Mohania being constructed at a cost of Rs 130 crore would provide connectivity to Chandauli in Uttar Pradesh and Kaimur district of Bihar through the Delhi-Kolkata GT Road.
He said with the construction of Saidpur to Mardah road, there would be direct connectivity of Mau to Varanasi via Saidpur. He said due to better connectivity with other cities of the state economic and social condition of the state would improve as well as backward areas of Azamgarh district will get new connectivity.
On this occasion, Gadkari also announced the new connectivity route between Balia-Ara through 28 km greenfield spur road at a cost of Rs 1,500 crore.
