UP’s most expensive expressway develops sinkholes at 84 locations in just 18 days; Nitin Gadkari’s claims exposed.

UP’s most expensive expressway develops sinkholes at 84 locations in just 18 days; Nitin Gadkari’s claims exposed.

UP’s most expensive expressway develops sinkholes at 84 locations in just 18 days; Nitin Gadkari’s claims exposed.

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari had claimed that roads in UP would be made comparable to those in the US during the inauguration of the… pic.twitter.com/y3RBxPgkQe

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Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari had claimed that roads in UP would be made comparable to those in the US during the inauguration of the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway on July 13, 2024… Touted as Uttar Pradesh’s most expensive and state-of-the-art expressway, the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway has come under intense scrutiny within just 18 days of its inauguration. Questions regarding construction quality have arisen after the road surface caved in at 84 locations along this 63-kilometer-long expressway—built at a cost of approximately ₹4,700 crore—necessitating repairs. An expenditure of around ₹75 crore per kilometer was incurred on the construction of this expressway, the highest for any expressway in the state…