LUCKNOW, May 8 -- Pilgrims travelling between Haridwar and Prayagraj may soon experience a much faster journey, with plans underway to extend the 594-km-long Ganga Expressway from Meerut to Haridwar.

Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are expected to soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate construction of the corridor, officials aware of the development said.

The proposed six-lane extension, spanning around 140 km, is expected to not only improve connectivity between the two major religious centres but also act as a bridge of faith between northern and eastern India's spiritual circuits and ease travel between two key centres of Sanatan tradition - Jyotirmath (Joshimath) and Govardhan Math, Puri.

Linked by their religiou...