Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 20 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanth on Friday said that the new Uttar Pradesh of the new India is making its new identity as the 'express-way state.'

CM Yogi inaugurated the 91.35 km long Gorakhpur Link Expressway built at a cost of Rs 7,283 crore, connecting several districts to Gorakhpur including Azamgarh.

Addressing a gathering in Azamgarh, Chief Minister Yogi said, 'The new Uttar Pradesh of the new India is making its new identity as the 'express-way state.'The inauguration of the 91.35 km long Gorakhpur Link Expressway is a historic moment for eastern Uttar Pradesh.Under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh is taking new heights of development, confidence and glory with the largest expressway network in the country,' said CM Yogi.

He said that the Gorakhpur Link Expressway opens the doors of infinite possibilities of prosperity in the 'new Uttar Pradesh.'

'When there is speed, there will be progress, when there is progress, there will be prosperity and when there is prosperity, there will be happiness on every face. We have come to connect you with this happiness,' said CM Yogi while addressing a gathering.

Critising the previous state government, CM Yogi Adityanath said that the work of the Agra-Lucknow Expressway was half done but during his tenure projects related to six expressways in the state have been completed.

'The work on the Agra Lucknow Expressway was half done. Today I am happy to tell you that we have completed six projects. You are witnessing the journey of the Purvanchal Expressway. We are continuously building it since 2021. In 2022, the Bundelkhand Expressway has been started. It is 300 km long. The 340 km long Purvanchal Expressway has already been completed and its connectivity to Patna is about to be completed. Now remember how easy the connectivity from Patna to Lucknow and Lucknow to Delhi will become', CM Yogi said.

He stated that the 340 km-long Purvanchal Expressway is about to extend its connectivity to Patna. He called freedom fighter Veer Kunwar Singh and said that if the Purvanchal Expressway had been built in 1857, India would have become independent at that time.

'When Veer Kunwar Singh, the hero of the first war of independence in 1857, fought the British till Azamgarh to defeat them, there was no connectivity. If this Purvanchal Expressway had been there at that time, the people of Azamgarh would have beaten the British along with Veer Kunwar Singh and then this country would have become independent in 1857 itself. There was no connectivity at that time', he added. (ANI)