Lucknow,

21 Feb (HS): On the request of the State Minister of State (Independent Charge)

for Vocational Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and

Muzaffarnagar MLA Kapil Dev Aggarwal, in the cabinet meeting held under the

chairmanship of the Chief Minister, approval has been given to extend the Ganga

Expressway to Haridwar via Muzaffarnagar. On this, Minister Kapil Dev Aggarwal

heartily congratulated Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. He informed that an

advance amount of Rs 50 crore has been allocated in the budget 2025-26 of Uttar

Pradesh for this important project, which will speed up the survey and

preliminary works.

How

did the project gain momentum? Minister Kapil Dev Aggarwal said that during the

cabinet meeting held in Prayagraj Maha Kumbh Complex last month, he had

requested the Chief Minister that Ganga Expressway should be extended to

Haridwar via Muzaffarnagar. The Chief Minister had ordered a survey on this,

after which it has now been approved in the budget.

Travel

and business will get benefits: This extension of the Ganga Expressway will

establish better road connectivity between Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which

will ease traffic and boost industrial and business activities. Haridwar is a

religiously important city as well as a centre of tourism and business. In such

a situation, this project will help in connecting the business centres of

Uttarakhand with the industrial areas of UP.

Local

residents expressed gratitude: After this decision, Minister Kapil Dev Aggarwal

met the Chief Minister on behalf of the people of the area and thanked him. He

said that this project will help in the development of the state socially and

economically.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi