East-West corridor UP stretch to be ready by June 2011

01 Feb 2011 Editorial Team

According to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), work on the 653 km stretch of East-West corridor project in Uttar Pradesh will be completed by June this year. Almost all the sections of the highway are complete except two Railway over Bridges (ROB) - one near Barabanki-bypass and one in Unnao on Lucknow-Kanpur highway. Work on minor stretches on Ayodhya bypass, Gorakhpur bypass and Lucknow bypass are also to be completed shortly.

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