New Delhi, April 29 -- On the second day of the two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Ganga Expressway in Hardoi today. He will also address the gathering on this occasion. Akashvani correspondent reports that the Ganga Expressway is a 594-kilometre-long, 6-lane, access-controlled greenfield high-speed corridor. It has been built at an estimated cost of around Rs.36,230 crore. The Ganga Expressway, developed by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority, will connect the western, central, and eastern regions of Uttar Pradesh through a single high-speed corridor. This will be the longest expressway in the state.

It will cut travel time from nearly 12 hours to 6 hours between M...