Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Uttar Pradesh set for a string of project launches

With the dates for the 2019 Lok Sabha election expected to be announced soon, Uttar Pradesh was set for a series of project launches from Thursday. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were to inaugurate or lay foundation stones for 80 projects worth Rs 1,10,154 crore, one for each of the state’s parliamentary constituencies, according to an official release.

What was planned

Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said 10 completed projects would be inaugurated and foundation stones laid for 70 new ones at a ceremony at Jhule Lal Vatika on the banks of the Gomti. He said the highway projects together covered 5,972 kilometres, including construction of the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway. Foundation stones for Namami Gange projects worth around ₹1,969.57 crore were also to be laid.

Roads

• Foundation stones: a flyover at the IIM crossing and the Ghazipur-Phephna-Majhighat road on NH-31A.
• Inaugurations: four-laning of the Lucknow-Sultanpur section of NH-56, the Kursi Road to Ayodhya Road part of the Lucknow ring road, and the stretch from Ghaghra Bridge to Budhanpur on NH-233.
• Also listed: two-laning of the Sonali-Gorakhpur section of NH-29E, Barabanki to Jarwal Road Junction on NH-28C, Rudauli to Basti on NH-233 and a 55 km section of NH-730A.

Namami Gange

The river-cleaning works include a 214.88 km sewerage network in Prayagraj costing ₹260.86 crore, and a 69 km network with 2 sewage treatment plants, each of 9 million litres a day, in Garh Mukteshwar costing ₹46.51 crore. In these projects, sewage will be collected from households and pumped directly to the treatment plants.

What happened next

Voting in the 2019 Lok Sabha election ran from 11 April to 19 May, and votes were counted on 23 May 2019. The BJP won 303 of 543 seats.

See also: Uttar Pradesh MLAs

Originally published on 7 March 2019. Rewritten on 9 October 2026.

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