Gorakhpur Panipat Expressway: The Gorakhpur Panipat Expressway is all set to extend to Kushinagar district from Gorakhpur to connect to the proposed Siliguri Expressway.
The mega project’s total length would be approximately 750 kilometres after the proposed extension. The expressway would now connect as many as 22 Uttar Pradesh and Haryana districts, providing the much-needed boost to economic activity and regional connectivity.
Under the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), work on the proposed new alignment of the Gorakhpur Panipat Expressway is progressing at a swift pace. By next month, the alignment is expected to be finalized and the design would be prepared by the same time. A direct four-lane road would be available to Siliguri to Haryana’s Panipat once the two expressways get connected.
Gorakhpur-Panipat Expressway: The Benefits Ahead
The Gorakhpur-Panipat Expressway would slash the present 12-hour drive from Gorakhpur to Panipat to just 6 hours. The six-lane, 600-km greenfield highway that is expected to get completed by 2028 at an estimated cost of ₹15,000 crore. The project will connect the agrarian heartland of Uttar Pradesh directly to the industrial powerhouse of Northern India.
The expressway would be a game-changer for rural employment and development to unlock opportunities that could lift millions of Indians out of poverty. It would also help farmers in Gorakhpur’s fertile plains that is famous for sugarcane and pulses to quickly transport perishable goods to Delhi NCR markets. This would also translate to no more middlemen exploitation and spoilage losses. It would also facilitate a 20-30 percent drop in logistics cosst, which would further boost the incomes of farmers while stabilizing food prices worldwide.
Which All Districts Would Be The Beneficiaries?
The expressway would pass from Kushinagar through Balrampur, Shravasti, Bahraich, Lucknow, Sitapur, Hardoi, Shahjahanpur and Gorakhpur. It would also pass through Sant Kabir Nagar, Siddharthnagar, Rampur, Bareilly, Sambhal, Amroha, Meerut, Bijnor, Badaun, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar and Shamli before it reaches Panipat in Haryana.
