- Ganga Expressway
The Ganga Expressway Project was launched by
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati after coming to power in 2007. The project aims to construct a 1047 km access controlled eight-laned expressway running along theGanga river. This expressway will connectGreater Noida toBallia thus ensuring high speed connectivity between the Eastern and Western boundaries ofUttar Pradesh [cite news
title = 18 companies bid for Ganga Expressway
language = English
publisher = The Hindu
date = 2007-12-07
url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/07/stories/2007120759572300.htm
accessdate = 2007-12-27 ] . The project is expected to be completed in the next four years [cite news
last = IANS
title = Ganga Expressway to be completed in four years
language = English
publisher = Yahoo! India News
date = 2008-01-17
url = http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080117/r_t_ians_bs_india/tbs-ganga-expressway-to-be-completed-in-46e8b08.html
accessdate = 2008-01-17 ] .Divisions
The expressway has been divided into four sectors:
Construction and Problems
The construction of the expressway is going to be done under a
Public-private partnership model. The UP government has accepted bids from various infrastructure companies. The Uttar Pradesh government has awarded the controversial Rs 30,000 crore Ganga Expressway contract to Jaypee Infratech Pvt. Ltd even as one of the bidders is considering a legal challenge. [cite news
title = Jaypee wins controversial UP project
language = English
publisher = Mint
date = 2008-01-18
url = http://www.livemint.com/2008/01/18001915/Jaypee-wins-controversial-UP-p.html
accessdate = 2008-01-18 ] . The company with the winning bid will be given a 35 year period to extract toll. The companies which had submitted the bids included:
*DLF Universal
*GMR group
*Jaypee group
*Larsen & Toubro
*Omaxe - GVK- Nagarjuna
*Reliance Energy
*Unitech Group The project is being developed under consultancy from SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd and the Indian Railways’ consultancy firm RITES. The construction is anticipated to be started by April 2008 [cite news
last = The Economic Times
title = REL, DLF, 16 others bid for Ganga Expressway.
language = English
publisher = The Economic Times
date = 2007-12-06
url = http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2600992.cms
accessdate = 2007-12-27 ] .The project for which approximately 631.1 square kilometres has been earmarked has seen stiff opposition from the central Congress government and local farmers alike. 70% of the land earmarked for the project is agricultural land and only about 10% is currently with the UP government. Mayawati has announced major sops for the farmers whose land will be lost to the project. The sops include free residential properties, upwards of
Rs. 35,000 cash and quota allotment in jobs and residential properties [cite news
last = IANS
title = Mayawati offers sops to push Ganga Expressway plan
language = English
publisher = Yahoo! News
date = 2007-12-24
url = http://in.news.yahoo.com/071224/43/6otdl.html
accessdate = 2007-12-27 ] [cite news
title = Ganga Expressway takes political turn
language = English
publisher = NDTV
date = 2007-12-24
url = http://www.ndtvprofit.com/homepage/storybusinessnew.asp?id=42452&template=
accessdate = 2007-12-27 ] ..ee also
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