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and Kanpur i.e. the Bundelkhand region will constitute the Backbone of this
whole project.
Future possibilities
Economic benefits
Increase in connectivity
The state govt. released the first tranche of Rs 435 crore in January
for fast-tracking the construction of the 296-km long Bundelkhand
Expressway, which will serve as the lifeline of the proposed ‘defence
corridor’ in the state. It is planned to complete in two years.
The expressway will serve as the main access to the defence corridor,
which will come up on both its sides. Nearly 96 per cent of the land
required for the expressway has already been acquired from nearly
21,000 farmers at a cost of Rs 2,000 crore.
According to Uttar Pradesh government, the defence industrial
corridor is suitably located with good road and air connectivity and
has large manufacturing bases including three units of HAL in
Kanpur, Korwa and Lucknow besides NainiAerospace Ltd of HAL,
ordinance factories (OFB) in Kanpur, Korwa, Tundla, Ghaziabad and
Shahjahanpur, and BEL in Ghaziabad.
Proposed Ganga Expressway, which would connect Meerut and
Prayagraj (Allahabad).
Defence corridor will be in proximity to upcoming Jewar international
airport, touted as to be largest in Asia.
A proposal to establish the defence park as a joint venture of UPEIDA
and IIT, Kanpur on 30-acre land proposed in Shivli near IIT Kanpur
has been forwarded to Department of Industrial Development by
UPEIDA.