Bundelkhand Expressway: Uttar Pradesh is building the country's first solar expressway. Its name is Bundelkhand Expressway. Solar plants will be built under PPP model. 550 MW solar power will be produced from this. About one lakh houses connected to this project will be able to get electricity every day. Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) has planned to make Bundelkhand Expressway a solar expressway.

For this, 1700 hectares of land has also been acquired on the highway. Many big companies are involved in this project. According to media reports, eight major solar power developers have ended their presentations. These include Tasko, Torrent Power, Somaya Solar Solution, R Management, Ariyash Mobility, Ariya Vrindavan Power and Avada Energy.

Solar panels will be installed

The government is making Bundelkhand Expressway a solar expressway to promote solar energy production. The project is handled by the Northern Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEDA). The project will last for 25 years. Efforts are being made to complete the selection of the company soon. The solar plants will be installed in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model. For this also, 1700 hectares of land has been acquired on Bundelkhand Expressway. A strip, 15 to 20 meters wide, is empty in the expressway between the main road and the service lane. Where plans are being made to install solar panels.

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How much money will it cost?

Let us inform that the 296 km long four-lane expressway has been constructed under the aegis of Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) at a cost of approximately Rs 14,850 crore. Later it can also be increased to six lanes. Connects Bundelkhand region with Agra-Lucknow Expressway. Which is near Etawah. It extends from NH-35 at Gonda village near Bharatkup in Chitrakoot district to Kudrail village in Etawah district, meeting the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. It passes through seven districts: Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya and Etawah.

Solar plant is being installed on the expressway. Because it is completely compatible. Land is easily available here. The sky also remains clear at this place. This area is dry.

Superfast News Coverage By YuvaPatrkaar.com Team

Publish Date: December 05, 2023  

Posted By Sunil

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