UPPCS GS-VI

Farrukhabad link expressway: Agra-Lucknow to Ganga Expressway

Battle IAS UP current affairs title card: Farrukhabad link expressway: Agra-Lucknow to Ganga Expressway (, 26 September 2025)

What happened

  • The Cabinet approved a 6-lane greenfield link expressway via Farrukhabad from the Agra-Lucknow Expressway (Kudrail, Etawah) to the Ganga Expressway (Sawaijpur, Hardoi) on EPC mode. [UP Cabinet]
  • Its length is about 90 km and cost ₹7488.74 crore, with no central share. [UP Cabinet]

Background

  • It is expandable to 8 lanes. [UP Cabinet]

Why it matters

  • Links between expressways turn separate roads into a grid.

How to use this in Mains

GS-VI UP expressway grid

  1. Links between expressways turn separate roads into a grid.
Quotable data point

The Cabinet approved a 6-lane greenfield link expressway via Farrukhabad from the Agra-Lucknow Expressway (Kudrail, Etawah) to the Ganga Expressway (Sawaijpur, Hardoi) on EPC mode [UP Cabinet].

UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 26 September 2025 (Hindi PDF)

Exam angle

UPPCS

GS-VI: UP expressway grid.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPPCS

The Farrukhabad link expressway joins Agra-Lucknow Expressway with

Answer (b) & explanation

Source: as cited in this article.

Official source: UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 26 September 2025 (Hindi PDF)

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