CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Bundelkhand Expressway is a 296 km-long (184 mi), four-lane wide (expandable to six) access-controlled expressway in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It connects Gonda village on NH-35 in Chitrakoot district with Kudrail village on Agra–Lucknow Expressway in Etawah district.

Detailed explanation-2: -By the first week of July 2022, almost 99% of the Bundelkhand expressway building work had been finished. On July 16, 2022, the project was finally opened to the public. On July 16, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Bundelkhand Expressway in the Jalaun district.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Ganga Expressway project, starting from NH-334 near Meerut and terminating at NH-19 in Prayagraj, will perk up the construction pace in 2023. As per the report, IRB Infrastructure Developers and Adani Enterprises Limited had surfaced preferred bidders for the working on the projects In November 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Bundelkhand expressway passes through six districts in the region, starting at Chitrakoot and passing through Hamirpur, Banda, Mahoba, Jalaun and Auraiya, before linking to the Agra-Lucknow Expressway at Etawah.

Detailed explanation-5: -The 340-km-long Purvanchal Expressway, the 296-km-long Bundelkhand Expressway and the 91-km-long Gorakhpur Link Expressway are under construction.