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NHAI to build interchange where Yamuna Expressway meets Eastern Peripheral Expressway

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Battle IAS UP current affairs title card: NHAI to build interchange where Yamuna Expressway meets Eastern Peripheral Expressway (, 8 April 2025)

What happened

  • The Cabinet approved construction of an interchange at the crossing of the Yamuna Expressway and the Eastern Peripheral Expressway near Jaganpur-Afzalpur by NHAI. [UP Cabinet]

Background

  • NHAI had agreed at a meeting chaired by the YEIDA CEO on 14 May 2024. [UP Cabinet]

Why it matters

  • The interchange links two big corridors near the Jewar airport region.

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How to use this in Mains

GS-VI expressway network in western UP

  1. The interchange links two big corridors near the Jewar airport region.
Quotable data point

The Cabinet approved construction of an interchange at the crossing of the Yamuna Expressway and the Eastern Peripheral Expressway near Jaganpur-Afzalpur by NHAI [UP Cabinet].

UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 8 April 2025 (Hindi PDF)

Exam angle

UPPCS

GS-VI: expressway network in western UP.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPPCS

The Yamuna Expressway-EPE interchange will be built by

Answer (b) & explanation

Source: as cited in this article.

Official source: UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 8 April 2025 (Hindi PDF)

facts from cited sources only; numbers machine-checked against source text; faculty review pending