Lucknow, Feb. 21 -- The Yogi Adityanath-led government on Thursday unveiled a mega expansion plan for the state's road network, featuring four new expressways and a boost to the Defence Industrial Corridor Project along the Bundelkhand Expressway.

The proposed expressway projects will further strengthen Uttar Pradesh's road network, which already boasts the longest operational expressway network in India. The state currently has five operational expressways spanning 1,194 km, and one under construction expressway-the 594-km long Ganga Expressway.

Finance minister Suresh Khanna proposed a budgetary allocation of Rs.900 crore for an entry-controlled greenfield expressway connecting the Agra-Lucknow Expressway to the Ganga Expressway (Kaus...