With the opening of Ganga Expressway, travel from Meerut to Prayagraj will become easier. This will greatly benefit Hastinapur, Kalki Dham, Jain Circuit, Mahabharata Circuit and many religious and eco-tourism places. Trade and tourism will also gain momentum in the state.
Lucknow. With the inauguration of Ganga Expressway, development, religious faith and tourism have gained new momentum in Uttar Pradesh. This expressway built from Meerut to Prayagraj is not just a modern road project, but it has become a major spiritual and economic corridor connecting the major religious and tourist places of the state.
This 594 km long world-class expressway, built under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, is connecting Western, Central and Eastern Uttar Pradesh with high-speed connectivity. This six-lane access-controlled expressway, built at a cost of about Rs 36,230 crore, will significantly reduce travel time. Now the journey from Meerut to Prayagraj can be completed in about 6 hours.
This project will make access to religious, cultural, historical and natural tourist places easier. Besides, trade, investment, employment and regional development will also get a big boost.
Hastinapur Tourism: Hastinapur will get the biggest benefit from Ganga Expressway.
Hastinapur in Meerut district is among the areas that will benefit the most from the Ganga Expressway. Hastinapur, associated with the Mahabharata period, is also considered a major pilgrimage site of Jainism. Here the Yogi government is running an integrated tourism development project at a cost of more than Rs 15 crore. With better road connectivity, the number of tourists coming from Delhi-NCR, Western Uttar Pradesh and other states is expected to increase. Tourist places like Pandeshwar Mahadev Temple, Karan Temple, Ulta Kheda Excavation Site and Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary of Hastinapur will get a new identity from this expressway.
Sambhal Kalki Dham: Access to Sambhal and religious places will be easy
Sambhal region is also going to get big benefit from Ganga Expressway. Access to Kalki Dham and Kurukshetra pilgrimage site being developed here will become easier than before. The government hopes that due to better connectivity, religious tourism will get a boost and local business will also benefit.
Religious Tourism UP: Many major temples and pilgrimage sites will be directly connected
This expressway will connect many famous religious places of Uttar Pradesh. Major religious places like Brajghat Garhmukteshwar of Hapur, Avantika Devi Temple of Bulandshahr, Vasudev Temple of Amroha, Shri Ramchandra Virajman Temple of Badaun and Parshuram Temple of Shahjahanpur will get direct benefits from it. Apart from this, the tourism importance of the historical Lakshagriha site of Baghpat is also expected to increase.
Eco Tourism Uttar Pradesh: Eco-tourism and natural sites also promoted
Ganga Expressway will give new energy to religious tourism as well as natural and eco-tourism sites. In eastern Uttar Pradesh, access to Vaneshwar Mahadev Temple of Hardoi, Nawabganj Eco-Tourism area of Unnao, Chamunda Shaktipeeth of Rae Bareli, Maa Jwala Devi Dham of Pratapgarh and many tourist places of Prayagraj will become easier. The number of tourists is likely to increase with better road connectivity to eco-tourism destinations like Prayagraj Blackbuck Reserve.
Ganga Expressway Route: Corridor will connect many districts from Meerut to Prayagraj
Tourism and Culture Minister Jaiveer Singh said that with the opening of Ganga Expressway, traffic between western and eastern Uttar Pradesh will become easier. He said that this expressway will give a new identity to Jain Circuit, Mahabharata Circuit and Kalki Dham of Sambhal. Besides, nearby eco-tourism sites will also get huge benefits.
He said that Ganga Expressway is not just a road but a new symbol of development of Uttar Pradesh. After its launch, the travel time between Meerut and Prayagraj will reduce from 10-12 hours to about 5-6 hours. This expressway will start from Meerut and reach Prayagraj via Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli and Pratapgarh.