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Revision as of 11:40, 8 June 2021

Lucknow–Kanpur Expressway
लखनऊ–कानपुर एक्सप्रेसवे
Map
Lucknow–Kanpur Expressway in red
Route information
Maintained by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Length73.77 km (45.84 mi)
Existed2024 (expected)–present
Major junctions
East endShaheed Path, Lucknow
West endAzad Chauraha, Kanpur
Location
CountryIndia
StateUttar Pradesh
Highway system
State Highways in Uttar Pradesh

The Lucknow–Kanpur Expressway or National Expressway 6 (NE-6), is an 74 km long, 6-lane wide access controlled expressway in India's Uttar Pradesh state. The expressway will connect Kanpur and Lucknow and will run parallel to NH-27 which connects Kanpur and Lucknow with a distance of about 8.5 km (5.3 mi) between existing and proposed parallel roads. The expressway will start from its junction with NH-27 near Shaheed Path (km 11.000 of existing NH-27) connecting Bani, Kantha, Amarsas and terminating at its junction with NH No. 27 (km 71.300 of existing NH-27) near Kanpur in the State of Uttar Pradesh.[1]

Status updates

  • Nov 2018: Detailed Project Report for 4,500 crore project finalised and submitted to the Government of Uttar Pradesh .[2]
  • Mar 2019: Foundation stone laid down on 7 March by Union Ministers - Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari for this project.[3]
  • May 2019: 90% land to be acquired by June 2019 followed by tendering. Civil work is expected to start by August 2019.[4]
  • Feb 2020: Notification for land acquisition to be issued soon.[5]
  • Aug 2020: Construction to start by March 2021[6] and expressway to be ready by March 2023.[7]
  • Sep 2020: Land acquisition under progress. Civil construction work to start in April 2021 and expressway to be ready by October 2023.[8]
  • Dec 2020: Lucknow Kanpur Expressway, declared as NE 6 on December 15, 2020.[9]
  • Feb 2021: Land acquisition done.[10] Civil engineering work is expected to start in July 2021, and thereafter, it is expected to take 30 more months for project completion.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gazette of India notification dated 15 December 2020
  2. ^ Pandey, Alok (13 November 2018). "बधाई हो : कानपुर-लखनऊ एक्सप्रेस-वे की डीपीआर हुई फाइनल" [Congratulations: Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway DPR final]. Rajasthan Patrika (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 29 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Rajnath Singh & Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone". The Hans India. Indo-Asian News Service. 7 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. ^ Rastogi, Divyansh (22 May 2019). "Lucknow-Kanpur expressway: अगस्त में शुरू होगा निर्माण, 45 से 50 मिनट में पूरा होगा सफर" [Lucknow-Kanpur expressway: construction will start in August, the journey will take 45 to 50 minutes]. Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 29 August 2019.
  5. ^ "लखनऊ-कानपुर एक्सप्रेस-वे को मिली हरी झंडी" [Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway gets green light]. Navbharat Times (in Hindi). 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020.
  6. ^ Gupta, Anurag (14 August 2020). "Kanpur Lucknow Expressway: छह माह में पूरा होगा निर्माण सितंबर 2023 में शुरू होगा वाहनों का दौड़ना" [Kanpur Lucknow Expressway: Construction will be completed in six months, vehicles will start running in September 2023]. Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 7 December 2020.
  7. ^ Dash, Dipak K. (13 August 2020). "23 new expressways and highways coming up in next 5 years". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020.
  8. ^ Chopra, Vijay (17 September 2020). "Lucknow to Kanpur trip in 50 minutes via expressway". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
  9. ^ Gupta, Rajesh (15 December 2020). "Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of India (in Hindi and English). Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2021.
  10. ^ Mishra, Vivek (5 February 2021). "Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway: लखनऊ-कानपुर एक्सप्रेस-वे के लिए जमीन अधिग्रहण पूरा" [Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway: Land Acquisition Completed for Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway]. Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 5 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Work of New Expressway project worth Rs 4700 crore to begin in October". The Times of India. 18 February 2021. Archived from the original on 17 February 2021.