Akhilesh Yadav Shares Video Of Half-Completed Bundelkhand Expressway, Slams BJP Over 'Lack Of Vision'

On Saturday, the Samajwadi Party chief uploaded a video of an incomplete roadside and stated that "not developing it until Chitrakoot reflects a lack of vision."

SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav.

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Slamming the BJP government over the Bundelkhand Expressway project, the Samajwadi Party chief shared a video footage of an unfinished roadside on Saturday, and said "not developing it till Chitrakoot indicates a lack of vision."

Taking to Twitter, SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav said, "The buzz of the opening of the half-completed Bundelkhand Expressway demonstrates that its design has also stayed consistent, except that the BJP administration, although being close to the Defense Corridor, did not build an airstrip like the Agra-Lucknow Expressway created during the SP regime."

आधे-अधूरे बुंदेलखंड एक्सप्रेस-वे के उद्घाटन की हड़बड़ी बताती है कि इसका डिज़ाइन भी ऐसे ही चलताऊ बना है तभी डिफ़ेंस कॉरिडोर के पास होने के बाद भी यहाँ भाजपा सरकार, सपा काल में बने आगरा-लखनऊ एक्सप्रेस-वे जैसी हवाई पट्टी न बना पाई। इसे चित्रकूट तक विकसित न करना दूरदृष्टि की कमी है। pic.twitter.com/KjhQPcOGoP

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) July 16, 2022At the inaugration of the expressway on Saturday, PM Modi said that it will enable seamless connectivity and greater economic prosperity in the region. "With this expressway, there will be an industrial boom in the region. It is the Modi & Yogi govt, we will take development not just to cities but to villages," he further said. 

"If two things- law & order situation & connectivity were to be corrected, I knew this would become a state that can fight against all odds. We improved both. Law & order situation is improving, so is connectivity," he further said. 

Bundelkhand Expressway

The foundation stone of the Expressway was laid by PM in February, 2020 and the work on the expressway has been completed within record 28 months.

The four-lane expressway has been constructed under the aegis of Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), and can later be expanded upto six lanes as well.

It extends from NH-35 at Gonda village near Bharatkoop in Chitrakoot district to near Kudrail village in Etawah district, where it merges with the Agra-Lucknow expressway. It passes through seven districts, viz. Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya and Etawah.

Along with improving connectivity in the region, the Bundelkhand Expressway will also give a major boost to economic development, resulting in the creation of thousands of jobs for the local people, Government of India said in an official statement.

It also said that the work on the creation of industrial corridor in Banda and Jalaun districts, next to the Expressway, has already been started.