LUCKNOW: Reaching religious destinations in Uttar Pradesh is going to be easy for commuters in future. The public works department has chalked out an action plan for spending Rs 16,000 crore that is going to be provided by the National Highways Authority of India for upgrading the road infrastructure in the state.
The major portion of the funds will be utilised for boosting future prospects of the religious towns, like Ayodhya and Mathura. But the department has also lined up civil works in Barabanki, Amethi, Balrampur, Pratapgarh, Basti, Mirzapur and Prayagraj. Among the new routes that have been planned are bypass routes to improve access to Balrampur with a budget of Rs 250 crore, bypass 2 in Amethi with a budget of Rs 200 crore, bypass 2 in Pratapgarh with a budget of Rs 150 crore. A link route between Dewa in Barabanki to Lakhimpur Kheri.
