Overview
- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered weekly progress reviews and strict quality enforcement to finish the 594 km Ganga Expressway by December 2025.
- Land allotted in the Defence Industrial Corridor will be automatically cancelled if unused after three years, with a transparent system to monitor utilization and tie concessions to milestones.
- Officials reported investment proposals of about Rs 30,819 crore for the corridor and acquisition of 5,039 acres, with several companies already operating.
- Skill development centres were mandated at corridor nodes in Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi, Agra, Aligarh, and Chitrakoot to train local youth for defence manufacturing roles.
- BIDA reported board approval of its Master Plan 2045, 22,028 of 56,662 acres acquired, EIA work underway, plus directives for an airport, a railway station, a multimodal logistics park, a link expressway to the Bundelkhand Expressway, and proposed extensions coordinated with the NHAI network.