Purvanchal Expressway
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Delhi to Bihar travel set to get faster: New expressway link to bypass Lucknow traffic
Business | Jun 03, 2026, 10:39 AM ISTOnce completed, vehicles coming from Delhi, Noida, Agra and other parts of western Uttar Pradesh will be able to move seamlessly onto the Purvanchal Expressway without entering Lucknow city.
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Jaguar fighter jet lands on Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur during landing drill | Video
India | Apr 22, 2026, 05:50 PM ISTThe exercise is being conducted at the Arval-Kiri Karwat airstrip, where fighter aircraft are carrying out "touch-and-go" operations as part of preparedness to use expressways as alternative runways during emergencies, officials said.
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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi sanctions two more expressways in major infrastructure push | DETAILS
Uttar Pradesh | Nov 18, 2023, 07:35 AM ISTAt present, the lack of expressway connectivity between the Agra-Lucknow Expressway and Purvanchal Expressway causes inconvenience to commuters, leading to longer travel times between the two expressways.
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UP: IAF fighter jets land on Purvanchal Expressway as part of emergency exercise | VIDEO
Uttar Pradesh | Jun 24, 2023, 12:40 PM ISTAs part of regular training and towards increasing cohesion between civil and military functionaries, aircraft operations take place on the Purvanchal Expressway.
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UP: 8 killed after double-decker buses collide on Purvanchal expressway, PM Modi extends condolences
India | Jul 25, 2022, 01:27 PM ISTPurvanchal Expressway accident: As one bus was parked on the expressway, a speeding bus entered from behind and hit it, causing a horrific accident. About one and a half dozen passengers are said to be injured, and have been admitted to CHC Haidergarh.
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Akhilesh Yadav's Vijay Yatra on Purvanchal Expressway witnesses massive crowd
India | Nov 18, 2021, 02:36 PM ISTAccording to leaders who were a part of Akhilesh's convoy, they could initially cover only 60 km in the first four hours as people kept pouring in large numbers on the Purvanchal Expressway.
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Will contest UP elections 2022, says Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav | Exclusive
India | Nov 18, 2021, 12:30 AM ISTI will fight Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year... if the party takes a decision on it then we will announce it very soon, said former CM Akhilesh Yadav.
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Opinion | Modi outlines his UP campaign while opening India’s longest expressway
India | Nov 17, 2021, 03:49 PM ISTIn a spectacular show lasting over 45 minutes, Mirage, Sukhoi, Jaguar jet fighters landed on the airstrip, along with Super Hercules and AN-32 transport aircraft.
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Purvanchal Expressway turns political highway: Akhilesh to take out Vijay Rath Yatra today
India | Nov 17, 2021, 10:51 AM ISTSamajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav has announced that he will take out the Vijay Rath Yatra on the Purvanchal Expressway from Ghazipur today.
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Purvanchal Expressway: Glimpses from the Airshow in Sultanpur | IN PICS
India | Nov 16, 2021, 11:34 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the 341-km Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh after landing on the highway airstrip in an IAF C-130 Hercules plane.
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Aaj Ki Baat : PM Modi inaugurates Purvanchal Expressway, says previous govts reduced eastern UP to 'mafiawaad'
Aaj Ki Baat | Nov 16, 2021, 11:20 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a blistering attack on opposition parties and said the previous governments in Uttar Pradesh led by them reduced the state's vital eastern part to "mafiawaad" and poverty, but the BJP government is now writing a new chapter of development.
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Muqabla: PM Modi inaugurates UP Purvanchal Expressway , slams 'previous govt'
News | Nov 16, 2021, 07:20 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, inaugurated the 341-kilometre long Purvanchal Expressway and termed it as the 'pathway to development of new UP'.
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Lucknow must have memorised length of 'Samajwadi Purvanchal Expressway': Akhilesh Yadav
India | Nov 16, 2021, 12:54 PM ISTThe 341 kilometre-long Purvanchal Expressway starts from village Chaudsarai, district Lucknow located on Lucknow-Sultanpur road (NH-731) and ends at village Hydaria located on National Highway number 31.
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PM inaugurates Purvanchal Expressway, says previous govts reduced UP to 'mafiawaad'
India | Nov 16, 2021, 04:35 PM ISTConstructed at an estimated cost of about Rs 22,500 crore, the Purvanchal Expressway is set to give a boost to the economic development of the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh.
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Akhilesh will take credit for Ram temple too: BJP after SP chief's remarks on Purvanchal Expressway
India | Nov 16, 2021, 12:10 AM ISTDuring a press conference earlier in the day, Akhilesh Yadav said the foundation of the expressway, which is scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Sultanpur on Tuesday, was laid during his government.
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Akhilesh accuses BJP govt of compromising on quality of Purvanchal Expressway
India | Nov 15, 2021, 03:47 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the expressway in Sultanpur on November 16.
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IAF's Sukhoi-30, Mirage 2000 land on Purvanchal Expressway ahead of Nov 16 inauguration | Watch
India | Nov 14, 2021, 06:21 PM ISTThe districts falling on the expressway are Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur. The project has been divided into 8 packages for implementation.
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PM Modi to inaugurate 340-km long Purvanchal Expressway on Nov 16 | Check out spectacular photos
India | Nov 11, 2021, 11:20 PM ISTBuilt at a cost of Rs 42,000 crore, the Expressway starts from Chand Sarai village in Lucknow. It will pass through Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur.
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Purvanchal expressway to be operational by Aug, will connect Lucknow, Ayodhya, Azamgarh other cities
India | Jul 02, 2021, 06:37 PM ISTPurvanchal Expressway, an ambitious project in Uttar Pradesh to improve the road infrastructure, connecting major cities, will be operational by August 2021 as 95 per cent of work has been completed while the remaining will be done in the current month.
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Ghazipur to Delhi in 10 hours! PM Modi to inaugurate Purvanchal Expressway in April
India | Feb 08, 2021, 05:08 PM ISTThe 340-kilometre-long six-lane Purvanchal Expressway will connect Lucknow with Azamgarh, Mau, Ghazipur, Faizabad, Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar and Amethi.