60 per cent of Bill for Lucknow-Balia Expressway

The Expressway will be the longest connecting Lucknow to Ballia in eastern UP near the border with Bihar. The earlier record was held by the 165 km Yamuna Expressway, constructed during BSP regime but was inaugurated by Akhilesh.

The 302 km Lucknow-Agra Expressway is yet to be opened for the public. About 85 per cent of the supplementary budget has been proposed for different road projects, both in urban and rural areas across the state.

The government, after being targetted by the Opposition on the matter, has also proposed over Rs 4 crore for deploying emergency medical services over the Lucknow-Agra expressway.

With elections round the corner, Rs 100 crore has been proposed for publicity work by Information Department and Rs 1 crore has been proposed to promote social organisations working in the field of good governance.

In Rampur, Rs 2.20 crore has been proposed as additional funds for sports complex.