PM Narendra Modi inaugurated India's longest greenfield expressway, a 594-km corridor connecting Prayagraj and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. The expressway, completed in under 5 years, will be extended to Haridwar in Uttarakhand. Modi hailed it as a symbol of his government's development vision and announced plans for industrial corridors and a link expressway to Farrukhabad.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 594-km Ganga Expressway, India’s longest access-controlled expressway, connecting Meerut to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. The six-lane expressway, built at Rs 36,230 crore, will reduce travel time from 10-12 hours to 6-7 hours. Uttar Pradesh now hosts over 60% of India’s total expressway network.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s longest Ganga Expressway, a 594 km six-lane access-controlled highway from Meerut to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. Built at Rs 36,230 crore, the expressway will reduce travel time between the two cities from 10-12 hours to 6-7 hours. Uttar Pradesh accounts for over 60% of India’s total access-controlled expressway network, with approximately 1,200 km of such highways out of 2,900 km nationwide.
The mother of Saurabh Rajput, a former Merchant Navy officer murdered on March 4, 2025, confronted the accused—his wife Muskan Rastogi and alleged lover Sahil Shukla—outside a Meerut court on Tuesday. Renu Devi demanded the death penalty, crying that she gave them Rs 50,000 monthly yet they killed her son. The accused allegedly stabbed Rajput, dismembered his body and sealed it inside a cement-filled blue drum, a case that has drawn nationwide outrage. Twenty-two witness statements have been recorded in the trial before District and Sessions Judge Anupam Kumar.
