UP Election 2022: PM Modi to open Purvanchal Expressway, Air Show to jazz up event

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today land on the Purvanchal Expressway in a C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft to inaugurate the 340-kilometre road in Eastern UP.

A 3.2-km stretch of the expressway near Sultanpur has been developed as airstrip for allowing fighter aircraft to make emergency landings.

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PM Modi will also address a public meeting after inaugurating the Purvanchal Expressway and witness an air show organised by the Indian Air Force.

Along with C-130J Super Hercules, fighter aircraft including Rafale, Mirage, Jaguar, Sukhoi, Kiran Mk II and AN-32 are likely to participate in the 45-minute air show.

The Purvanchal Expressway, which has been constructed at an estimated cost of about ₹22,500 crore, will link the state capital of Lucknow with the eastern districts with links to major cities of Prayagraj and Varanasi.

The expressway passes through nine districts including Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur.

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