Lucknow, Sept. 28 -- The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Friday approved a proposal to connect the Agra-Lucknow expressway with the Ganga Expressway via the access controlled six-lane (expandable to eight lanes) greenfield Farrukhabad Link Expressway at an estimated cost of Rs 7488.74 crore. The 90.83-km Farrukhabad Link Expressway will be constructed on the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) model, the cabinet decided at its meeting chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath. The new expressway will connect the Agra-Lucknow Expressway at Kudrail, Etawah and the Ganga Expressway at Sawaijpur, Hardoi, minister for finance Suresh Khanna said, briefing media persons. Khanna said the developer for the project would be selected through bidding and the work on the expressway would be completed within 548 working days. The developer would have to complete the construction within the specified time period and also maintain the expressway for the next five years. Farrukhabad, which has the Sankisa Buddhist heritage site and attracts pilgrims from Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, Japan, China, Singapore and Thailand, is also an important trade centre. The state cabinet on Friday gave its nod to a proposal to incorporate changes in the letter of comfort issued to M/S Vamasundari Investments (Delhi) Private Limited for setting up of a semiconductor unit with an investment of Rs 3706.12 crore in Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority area under provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Semiconductor Policy-2024. Minister for electronics and information technology Sunil Kumar Sharma said the letter of comfort was issued to the company on November 19, 2024. The company requested a change in the location for the project and also urged the state government to waive locational premium, one-time lease rent and allow premium on land, stamp duty and the registration on the applicable rate in the sector. Sharma said the company informed that it would have to incur an additional burden of Rs 124 crore. The state cabinet has decided to waive 75% of the additional amount while the company would have to bear the remaining 25%, he added. Sharma said the company is investing Rs 3706.12 crore on the present project and proposes to invest about Rs 1 lakh crore in the long run. The state cabinet approved a proposal to distribute two free LPG cylinders to the beneficiaries covered under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana in 2025-2026. Out of the two, one free cylinder would be given for Diwali and the other one will be distributed on Holi, said minister for finance Suresh Khanna....