All set for Akhilesh Yadav's mega Agra-Lucknow Expressway opening ceremony, 11 IAF jets to smoke tri-colour

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will inaugurate Agra-Lucknow Expressway on November 21, wherein fighters planes will take part to mark its grand opening ceremony. Agra-Lucknow Expressway, which stretch 302-km, is the most ambitious project of Akhilesh Yadav.

It has been completed in a record time of 22 month and has cost of Rs 13,200 crore.  It will be open for public in December this year.

Fighter jets will touch Agra-Lucknow expressway on its inaugration on November 21. On the day, party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav will also celebrte his 78th birthday.

According to reports, 11 Indian Air Force (IAF) jets will land and take-off from the expressway to test the quality of build. These jet fighters will release tri-coloured smoke.

The government is looking to build highways across the country that can also serve as landing strips or runways for aircraft, both civil and military. Road and Transport minister Nitin Gadkari has spoken of the government’s plan to come up with an ‘airport’, in which the highway can be used both by vehicles and airplanes. The ‘airport’ is reportedly being built in Rajasthan.   

The Agra-Lucknow expressway will pass through Unnao, Kannauj, Etawah, Mainpuri and Firozabad. It will also will shrink the travel time between Agra and Lucknow to just four hours. .