Ganga Expressway

In 2007, Ganga Expressway was initially proposed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister (CM), Mayawati as Greater Noida–Ballia Expressway,{{cite news |last1=Jainani |first1=Deepa |date=13 July 2020 |title=Ganga expressway: India's second-largest expressway in Uttar Pradesh to be ready by this year |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/business/roadways-ganga-expressway-indias-second-largest-expressway-in-uttar-pradesh-to-be-ready-by-this-year-2021782/ |work=Financial Express |access-date=5 June 2024}} but remained stalled.

In 2019 the project was revived by the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath,{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Aman |title=Ganga Expressway: Yogi govt to build ganga E-way 10 km away from riverbanks |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/yogi-govt-to-build-ganga-e-way-10-km-away-from-riverbanks/articleshow/68105037.cms |access-date=28 April 2022 |work=The Economic Times |date=22 February 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Mishra |first1=Subhash |title=Ganga e-way alignment plans ready for UP CM's nod before consultant invite |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/ganga-e-way-alignment-plans-ready-for-cm-nod-before-consultant-invite/articleshow/71175909.cms |access-date=28 April 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=18 September 2019 |language=en}} who allocated the first installation of budget of ₹2,000 crores for the construction of Phase-1 in 2020. Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) is the government agency responsible for the project.{{Cite web|date=1 December 2021|title=Adani & IRB Win Ganga Expressway's Construction Work|url=https://themetrorailguy.com/2021/12/01/adani-irb-win-ganga-expressways-construction-work/|access-date=22 January 2022|website=The Metro Rail Guy|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=Shah|first=Pankaj|date=3 December 2021|title=adani: Uttar Pradesh: Ganga expressway to be built by Adani Group, IRB Infrastructure|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/ganga-e-way-to-be-built-by-adani-group-irb-infra/articleshow/88060103.cms|access-date=22 January 2022|work=The Times of India|language=en}}

The total expected project cost in 2021 was ₹37,350 crores, including the land acquisition cost of around ₹9,500 crores.{{Cite web|last=Chaudhary|first=Smriti|title=Adani Enterprises Bags Contract To Build Three Stretches Of Ganga Expressway|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/adani-enterprises-bags-contract-to-build-three-stretches-of-ganga-expressway|access-date=22 January 2022|website=BloombergQuint|date=21 December 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite news|last=PTI|date=17 December 2021|title=IRB Infra receives letter of award for Ganga Expressway project group-1|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/construction/irb-infra-receives-letter-of-award-for-ganga-expressway-project-group-1/articleshow/88344918.cms?from=mdr|access-date=22 January 2022}} In 2019, the land acquisition commenced and progressed regularly,{{Cite news|url=http://www.uniindia.com/up-govt-acquires-80-pc-land-for-ganga-expressway/north/news/2435688.html|title=UP govt acquires 80 pc land for Ganga Expressway|work=United News of India|access-date=28 April 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/ganga-e-way-upeida-nod-to-sbi-s-proposal-for-draft-financial-advisory-report-101623777546402.html |title=Ganga Expressway: UPEIDA nod to SBI's proposal for draft financial advisory report |access-date=28 April 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=15 June 2021}}{{cite news |last=श्रीवास्‍तव |first= पंकज |date=15 June 2021 |url=https://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/up-eight-fuel-stations-will-be-set-up-on-purvanchal-expressway-approval-for-selection-of-oil-companies-in-the-board-meeting-of-upda |title=पूर्वांचल एक्सप्रेस-वे पर स्थापित होंगे 8 फ्यूल स्टेशन, यूपीडा की बोर्ड बैठक में ऑयल कंपनियों के चयन को स्वीकृति |work=Amar Ujala |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=hi}}{{cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/ganga-expressway-up-govt-gets-approval-letter-for-5100-crore-loan-101629579853008.html |title=Ganga Expressway: UP govt gets approval letter for ₹5,100 crore loan from PNB |access-date=28 April 2022 |work=The Hindustan Times |date=22 August 2021 }} which was mostly completed by 2021{{cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/ganga-expressway-gets-cabinet-approval-101630605973992.html |title=Ganga Expressway gets cabinet approval |access-date=28 April 2022 |work=The Hindustan Times |date=2 September 2021 }} In 2021 the environmental clearance from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change was obtained and Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approved ₹36,230 crore budget to build the expressway.{{Cite news|date=20 November 2021|title=Uttar Pradesh: Ganga Expressway gets environmental clearance |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-ganga-expressway-gets-environmental-clearance/articleshow/87822075.cms|access-date=21 November 2021|work=The Times of India|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=झा|first=पंकज|title=36 हजार 230 करोड़ की लागत से बनेगा UP का गंगा एक्सप्रेस-वे, दिसंबर तक हो सकता शिलान्यास|url=https://www.abplive.com/news/india/ganga-expressway-up-s-ganga-expressway-to-be-built-at-a-cost-of-36-thousand-230-crores-the-foundation-stone-may-be-laid-by-december-ann-2002066|access-date=21 November 2021|work=ABP News|date=20 November 2021|language=hi}}{{Cite news|title=गंगा एक्सप्रेस-वे को पर्यावरण मंत्रालय से मिली मंजूरी, 94 प्रतिशत जमीन का हुआ अधिग्रहण, जानिए कब शुरू होगा निर्माण कार्य|url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/up-uttarakhand/uttar-pradesh/ganga-expressway-got-approval-from-ministry-of-environment-94-percent-land-acquired-smup/1031805/amp|date=20 November 2021|work=Zee News|access-date=28 April 2022}} On 18 December 2021, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone in Shahjahanpur,{{Cite web|date=18 December 2021|title=PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of Ganga Expressway project: Here are key features|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/ganga-expressway-project-key-features-7678931/|access-date=18 December 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Rawat |first1=Virendra Singh |date=9 June 2023 |title=Ganga expressway in UP likely to open for the public before schedule |url=https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/ganga-expressway-in-up-likely-to-open-for-the-public-before-schedule-123060901078_1.html |work=Business Times |access-date=5 June 2024}}{{cite news|title=Ganga Expressway to be ready before Mahakumnbh 2025 : CM Yogi|url=https://thelucknowtribune.com/ganga-expressway-to-be-ready-before-mahakumnbh-2025-cm-yogi/|work=The Lucknow Tribune|date=16 February 2023|access-date=11 March 2023|archive-date=11 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311050538/https://thelucknowtribune.com/ganga-expressway-to-be-ready-before-mahakumnbh-2025-cm-yogi/|url-status=dead}} the construction work started in April 2022.{{Cite news |title=CM योगी के ड्रीम प्रोजेक्ट गंगा एक्सप्रेसवे का निर्माण कार्य शुरू, 8 घंटे में तय होगी मेरठ से प्रयागराज की दूरी |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/badaun-cm-yogi-adityanath-dream-projects-ganga-expressway-construction-work-begins-from-badaun-upat-4185963.html |access-date=11 April 2022 |work=News18 |date=11 April 2022 |language=hi}}

UPEIDA divided the Phase-1 construction work into 12 packages to be constructed on Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Transfer (DBFOT) Model.{{cite news |last1=Chatterjee |first1=Debjani |title=Ganga Expressway - World's Longest - To Be Built Announces Yogi Adityanath |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ganga-expressway-worlds-longest-highway-to-be-built-at-the-cost-of-rs-36-000-crore-announces-yogi-ad-1984962 |access-date=28 April 2022 |work=NDTV |date=29 January 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Jainani |first1=Deepak |title=Ganga expressway: India's second-largest expressway in Uttar Pradesh to be ready by this year |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/roadways/ganga-expressway-indias-second-largest-expressway-in-uttar-pradesh-to-be-ready-by-this-year/2021782/ |access-date=28 April 2022 |work=Financial Express |date=13 July 2020}} The list of Phase-1 contractors is as follows:

Phase-2 was approved in January 2025, paving the way for preparation of pre-construction DPR (Detailed Project Report).

The 594 km long Ganga Expressway Phase-1 alignment, from west to east, is as follows:

• Meerut district
• Bijauli village near Kharkhauda on NH-334.

• Hapur district
• Simbhaoli

• Bulandshahr district
• Hingwara, Upper Ganga Canal Expressway begins here.
• Siana village, via the Siyana-Rukhalu bridge the expressway crosses from west to the east side of Ganga river.

• Amroha district (Jyotiba Phule Nagar District )
• Rukhalu village, via the Siyana-Rukhalu bridge the expressway crosses from west to the east side of Ganga river.

• Sambhal district
• Isapur Sunwari
• Chandausi

• Budaun district
• Binawar
• Dataganj

• Shahjahanpur district
• Jalalabad

• Hardoi district
• Sandi
• Bilgram

• Unnao district
• Unnao city

• Raebareli district
• Dalmau
• Unchahar
• Balipur

• Pratapgarh
• Lalganj

• Prayagraj district
• Judapur Dandu village near Soraon on NH-19

• Ganga-Yamuna Expressway (Bulandshahr-Noida Expressway): 74.3 km long, 120 metre wide, Rs 4,000 cr expressway, from Siyana northeast of Bulandshahr on Ganga Expressway to Yamuna Expressway at Pari Chowk in Greater Noida, thus providing connectivity to Noida Airport, Eastern Peripheral Expressway, Western Peripheral Expressway and Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. Land acquisition commenced in 2025.[https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/noida-news/yeida-okays-new-e-way-alignment-to-link-airport-with-ganga-expressway-101744055176417.html Yeida okays new E-way alignment to link airport with Ganga Expressway], Hindustan Times, 8 Apr 2025.

The types of interchanges are listed west to east:

Legends: NH is National Highways, SH is State Highways, MDR is Major District Road, and ODR is Other District Road.

• Delhi–Meerut Expressway, dummy interchange (direct connectivity)
• NH-334 Meerut – Hapur, Trumpet interchange.
• NH-24 Hapur–Garhmukteshwar, Diamond interchange.
• SH-65 Bulandshahr–Garhmukteshwar, Diamond interchange.
• MDR-162W Hasanpur-Anupshahar, Diamond interchange.
• ODR Anupshahr–Moradabad, Diamond interchange.
• NH-509 Babrala–Chandausi, Double Trumpet interchange.
• SH-125 Chandausi–Budaun, Diamond interchange.
• SH-33 Budaun–Bareilly Double Trumpet interchange.
• SH-29 Farukkhabad–Shahjahanpur, Double Trumpet interchange.
• SH-138 Farukkhabad–Shahbad, Diamond interchange.
• SH-21 Kannauj– Hardoi, Double Trumpet interchange.
• Agra–Lucknow Expressway, Double Trumpet interchange.
• NH-27 Kanpur–Lucknow, Diamond interchange.
• NH-31 Lalganj–Raebareli, Double Trumpet interchange.
• NH-30 Raebareli–Unchahar, Double Trumpet interchange.

• Yamuna Expressway, via spur to Noida Airport.

The Phase-2, of 453 km length, includes the following extensions.[https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/ganga-expressway-extension-ncr-to-bihar-to-get-one-more-new-route-with-yogi-adityanath-announcing-two-big-expressways-check-details-2025-01-23-972648 Ganga Expressway extension: NCR to Bihar set to get one new route with announcement of 2 big expressways], NDTV, 23 Jan 2025. Please help expand the exact alignment with important towns and intersections with NH, SH, and expressways along the way.

Upper Ganges Canal Expressway (Spur-1 or Hapur Expressway or Bulandshahr-Meerut-Haridwar Expressway): The Government of Uttar Pradesh decided to extend the project on either ends i.e. Meerut to Haridwar. At Haridwar it will connect to the Char Dham Highway and Char Dham Railway.

Prayagraj-Ballia Expressway (Spur-2): Prayagraj to Ballia via Varanasi.

Please help expand this by listing additional spurs off the two planned extensions (Meerut-Haridwar and Prayagraj-Ballia):

Listed west to east (please help expand the partial list):

• Upper Ganges Canal Expressway (Meerut-Haridwar section):
• Delhi–Dehradun Expressway (Saharanpur-Haridwar Spur)
• Char Dham Highway

• Prayagraj-Ballia section:
• NH-31

Area along the Ganga Expressway is being developed as the industrial corridor. New Industries are coming up around Meerut, Baduan, Kanpur, Varanasi and Prayagraj.{{Cite news |last=Mishra |first=Ravi |date=18 December 2021 |title=Ganga Expressway : जानिए यूपी में विकसित होने वाले पांच औद्योगिक कॉरीडोर के बारे में, जिनसे मिलेगी उद्योगों को रफ्तार |trans-title=Ganga Expressway industry will get speed five industrial corridors will be developed |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/bareilly-city-ganga-expressway-industry-will-get-speed-five-industrial-corridors-will-be-developed-22305027.html |work=Dainik Jagran |access-date=2 October 2023 |language=hi}} and there are government plans to setup the pharma parks, textile parks, IT parks along the Ganga Expressway.{{Cite web |title=Industrial Corridor will be Developed along Ganga Expressway |url=https://www.drishtiias.com/state-pcs-current-affairs/industrial-corridor-will-be-developed-along-ganga-expressway |access-date=2 October 2023 |website=Drishti IAS |date=24 May 2023}}{{Cite news |title=Industrial clusters to come up along Ganga Expressway |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/ganga-expressway-to-boost-industrial-clusters-across-12-up-districts-investors-eyeing-meerut-and-budaun-areas-101683470276029.html |access-date=2 October 2023 |work=Hindustan Times |date=7 May 2023}}

• Meerut, In 2023, Uttar Pradesh government acquired the land to set up an industrial city in Meerut, adjacent to entry and exit points of the expressway.

• Kanpur, after the completion of both phases, will serve as a major node for economic and industrial activity, as it will be the central point of the expressway, with many projects planned in the Agra-Lucknow Expressway and Awadh Expressway region.{{Cite news |last=Srivastava |first=Shweta |date=10 September 2024 |title=Awadh Expressway Routes Details: लखनऊ में नया एक्सप्रेसवे बनने की तैयारी तेज़, जानिए क्यों होगा ये इतना ख़ास |url=https://newstrack.com/tourism/lucknow-awadh-expressway-routes-details-toll-plaza-distance-more-details-in-hindi-466340 |work=News Track |language=hi |access-date=14 September 2024}}

Sections of Ganga Expressway have bene constructed to operate as the airstip for the Indian Military. Indian Air Force fighter jets and transport aircraft conducted landing and take-off drills on 2 May 2025 from a {{Convert|3.5|km|abbr=on}}-long Emergency Landing Facility on the Expressway near Shahjahanpur with several types of aircraft which included Su-30MKI, Mirage 2000, MiG-29, Jaguar, C-130J Super Hercules, An-32, and the Mi-17 V5 helicopter.{{Cite news |date=2 May 2025 |title=IAF's day-night take-off and landing drills on e-way today |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/iaf-jets-to-make-day-night-landing-on-ganga-eway-101746115426438.html |access-date=2 May 2025 |work=Hindustan Times}}{{Cite news |date=2 May 2025 |title=IAF begins landing drills on Ganga Expressway in UP' s Shahjahanpur |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/iaf-begins-landing-drills-on-ganga-expressway-in-up-s-shahjahanpur/articleshow/120818527.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2 May 2025 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}{{Cite magazine |last=Negi |first=Manjeet |date=2 May 2025 |title=Rafale, Sukhoi jets land under moonlight in historic night drill on UP expressway |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/iaf-fighter-jets-night-landing-ganga-expressway-rafale-sukhoi-uttar-pradesh-2718822-2025-05-02 |magazine=India Today |access-date=3 May 2025}}

• Jan 2019: Stalled planned project since 2007, the Ganga Expressway project has been revived again. The project was launched on 29 January 2019 by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath.
• Feb 2019: Expressway to be built parallel to the Ganga river course, however, a distance of 10 km will be maintained so as to ensure easier compliance with environmental laws.
• Sep 2019: Two alignment plans are ready, CM Yogi Adityanath to approve one of them, and then a consultant will be appointed to prepare and submit the Detailed Project Report (DPR). The expressway is to be ready by 2024.
• Feb 2020: ₹2,000 crores was allocated for the construction of Ganga Expressway in the Uttar Pradesh budget on 18 February 2020. The 594 km long 1st phase connecting Meerut to Prayagraj is set to be completed by 2024.^{[citation needed]}
• Mar 2021: Tenders floated for Phase-1 by the government of Uttar Pradesh in 12 packages.^{[citation needed]}
• May 2021: 3,440 hectares of required land have been acquired till 30 May. The 594 km long 1st phase of the Ganga Expressway will pass through 519 villages across 12 districts.
• Jun 2021: 5,260 hectares of required land has been acquired till 30 June.
• Aug 2021: 6,532 hectares (around 90%) of required land has been acquired till 16 August. Punjab National Bank (PNB) approved ₹5,100 crore loan for this project on 21 August.
• Sep 2021: Around 93% of land acquisition completed. The Uttar Pradesh cabinet gave approval to this project on 2 September.
• Nov 2021: The expressway gets environmental clearance from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and Uttar Pradesh Cabinet gives ₹36,230 crore clearance to build the expressway. Foundation stone for the start of construction work will be laid in December, and 94% of land acquisition will be completed, as of 20 November.
• Nov 2021: 3 firms bid to build the expressway. The bidder name will likely be finalised by this week or next week, as of 22 November.
• Dec 2021: Adani Enterprises and IRB Infrastructure win the expressway’s construction work. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the expressway on 18 December 2021.
• Apr 2022: Construction work started by Adani Enterprises in Binawar (Budaun) on 11 April.
• Jul 2022: 56% of clearing and grubbing work is complete.
• Jan 2023: 84% of clearing and grubbing, and 10.25% of earthwork are complete.
• Mar 2023: The expressway is now expected to be completed by December 2024.
• Apr 2023: More than 20% of the construction has been completed.
• Oct 2023: Uttar Pradesh government announces that it will acquire land to set up an industrial city in Meerut, adjacent to entry and exit points of the expressway.
• Nov 2023: 100% cleaning and grubbing work completed.
• Feb 2024: 63% earthwork, 37% GSB, 33% WMM, 28% DBM, 945/1348 structures, overall progress 37%.
• Mar 2024: 64% earthwork, 38% GSB, 35% WMM, 32% DBM, 967/1348 structures, overall progress 38%.
• Apr 2024: 68% earthwork, 42% GSB, 39% WMM, 36% DBM, 1001/1348 structures, overall progress 42%.
• May 2024: 75% earthwork, 48% GSB, 45% WMM, 42% DBM, 1100/1481 structures, overall progress 46% as of 13 May 2024.
• Jun 2024: 75% earthwork, 51% GSB, 46% WMM, 43% DBM, 1117/1481 structures, overall progress 47% as updated on 28 May 2024.
• Jul 2024: 80% earthwork, 59% GSB, 54% WMM, 50% DBM, 1215/1481 structures, overall progress 55.10% as updated on 23 July 2024.
• Aug 2024: 81% earthwork, 61% GSB, 54% WMM, 53% DBM, 1265/1481 structures, overall progress 57.26% as updated on 27 August 2024.
• Sep 2024: 82% earthwork, 62% GSB, 58% WMM, 55% DBM, 1310/1481 structures, overall progress 59% as updated on 30 September 2024.
• Dec 2024: 89% earthwork, 72% GSB, 68% WMM, 65% DBM, 1372/1481 structures, overall progress 66% as updated on 23 December 2024.
• Feb 2025: 96% earthwork, 79% GSB, 78% WMM, 77% DBM, 1425/1500 structures, overall progress 72% as updated on 3 February 2025.
• March 2025: 97% earthwork, 80% GSB, 78% WMM, 77% DBM, 1425/1500 structures, overall progress 75% as updated on 3 March 2025.
• April 2025 99% earthwork, 85% GSB, 84% WMM, 82% DBM, 1460/1500 structures, overall progress: 79%, as updated on 22 April 2025.
• May 2025 :  99% earthwork, 90% GSB, 89% WMM, 87% DBM, 1467/1500 structures, overall progress: 81.1%, as updated on 26 May 2025.
• June 2025 :  99% earthwork, 91% GSB, 90% WMM, 88% DBM, 1474/1500 structures, overall progress: 83%, as updated on 2 June 2025.
• June 2025 (Part 2) :  99% earthwork, 95% GSB, 94% WMM, 92% DBM, 1476/1500 structures, overall progress: 84%, as updated on 16 June 2025.{{Cite web |title=Ganga Expressway {{!}} Official Website of Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority, Government of Uttar Pradesh, India. Setup by State Government under UP Industrial Area Development Act-1976 |url=https://upeida.up.gov.in/en/page/ganga-expressway |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=upeida.up.gov.in}}

• Expressways in Uttar Pradesh
• Ludhiana-Siliguri Industrial Corridor
• Gorakhpur–Siliguri Expressway
• Ambala-Shamli Expressway
• Purvanchal Expressway
• Bundelkhand Expressway

• Expressways in India

Category:Proposed expressways in India

Category:Expressways in Uttar Pradesh

Category:Transport in Prayagraj

Category:Transport in Meerut

Category:Proposed infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh