Lucknow, July 4 -- The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal for the construction of an access controlled six-lane (expandable to eight lanes) green field link expressway to link the Agra-Lucknow Expressway with the Purvanchal Expressway. It will also directly connect Ballia with New Delhi, bringing down the distance between the two places to 900 km, a senior officer said.

The green field expressway will have a length of 49.96 km. It will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs.4775.84 crore.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath presided over the meeting of the state cabinet that took the decision. The cabinet also gave nod to investment of Rs.21,481.77 crore, issuing letters of comfort and financial incentives as per recomm...