The Bundelkhand Expressway’s foundation stone was placed in Chitrakoot by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February 2020, only a few weeks before Covid-19 forced the nation into a lockdown.
The Prime Minister will return to the area, which is frequently referred to as one of the most economically depressed regions of the country, less than two and a half years later to officially open the 296-kilometer road.
The Bundelkhand e-way was suggested by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in April 2017, just a few months after he took office following a landslide victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party. It would become the fourth major expressway to be operationalized in the state (BJP).
As its name suggests, the expressway passes through the districts in Uttar Pradesh’s Bundelkhand — Chitrakoot, Banda, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jalaun and Auraiya. It originates in Bharatkoop on National Highway 35, which is also called the Varanasi-Banda road, in the Chitrakoot district, and ends near Kudrail village in Etawah district on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway.
