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Gorakhpur Link Expressway opened

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Battle IAS UP current affairs title card: Gorakhpur Link Expressway opened (, 20 June 2025)

What happened

  • The CM opened the Gorakhpur Link Expressway, built at ₹7283.28 crore, from Jaitpur, Gorakhpur. [UP CM press note]
  • It serves Azamgarh, Ambedkar Nagar, Sant Kabir Nagar and Gorakhpur districts and is expected to cut Gorakhpur-Lucknow travel to 3 hours. [UP CM press note]

Background

  • The CM said an industrial corridor is being developed in every district along each expressway. [UP CM press note]

Why it matters

  • Industrial corridors along expressways are UP’s way to turn road investment into jobs.

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How to use this in Mains

GS-VI expressways

  1. Industrial corridors along expressways are UP's way to turn road investment into jobs.
Quotable data point

The CM opened the Gorakhpur Link Expressway, built at ₹7283.28 crore, from Jaitpur, Gorakhpur [UP CM press note].

UP Information Dept, CM press note 2025-06-20: मुख्यमंत्री ने गोरखपुर के जैतपुर से 7283.28 करोड़ रुपए की लागत से निर्मित गोरखपुर लिंक एक्सप्रेस-वे का लोकार्पण किया (Hindi PDF)

Exam angle

UPPCS

GS-VI: expressways.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPPCS

The Gorakhpur Link Expressway does NOT pass through

Answer (d) & explanation

Source: as cited in this article.

Official source: UP Information Dept, CM press note 2025-06-20: मुख्यमंत्री ने गोरखपुर के जैतपुर से 7283.28 करोड़ रुपए की लागत से निर्मित गोरखपुर लिंक एक्सप्रेस-वे का लोकार्पण किया (Hindi PDF)

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