Lucknow, Feb. 7 -- Now "nearly complete", regular traffic movement on the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway (NE-6) is likely to begin in the first week of April, officials said.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials, who inspected the upcoming expressway on Friday, confirmed this. They, however, said the work on a narrow stretch in Lucknow's Sarojini Nagar was still pending due to the ongoing shifting of power lines there.

Once inaugurated, the 62.7-km high-speed corridor is expected to compress a two-three hour journey into just 30 to 35 minutes and also prove key to further industrial growth of the state capital region.

NHAI regional officer Gautam Vishal said: "Traffic movement on the expressway will be allowed from April fi...