Lucknow, Feb. 12 -- The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved the construction of a four-lane Chitrakoot Link Expressway and cleared the establishment of a major bioplastics manufacturing unit in Lakhimpur Kheri district.

The decisions were taken during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday.

According to sources on Thursday, the Cabinet approved the final Request for Proposal (RFP) document for selecting a developer to implement the 4-lane (expandable to 6-lane) access-controlled greenfield Chitrakoot Link Expressway project under the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode.

The Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) has been authorized and designated as the nodal ...