Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday inaugurated Gorakhpur Link Expressway in Azamgarh built at a cost of over ₹7,000 crores.
Calling the inauguration a “game changer”, Mr. Adityanath said that U.P. is no longer a ‘BIMARU’ State, but emerging as the “Expressway State”.
‘BIMARU’ is an acronym referring to Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. It was coined in 1980s to highlight the socio-economic backwardness and poor demographic indicators of these States.
The U.P. CM added that Azamgarh, which once faced an “identity crisis”, has now transformed into a “stronghold of indomitable courage”. “The change which is the result of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guidance and the efforts of the double-engine government, transformed Uttar Pradesh from a BIMARU State into an ‘expressway state’,” said Mr. Adityanath.
Inaugurating the 91.352-km long Gorakhpur Link Expressway built at a cost of ₹7,283 crore, Mr. Adityanath said the expressway will provide world-class connectivity not only to Azamgarh but also to adjoining districts of Sant Kabir Nagar, Ambedkar Nagar and Gorakhpur. “After 2017, U.P. focused on strengthening its infrastructure. Coming out of its BIMARU tag, the State is playing a key role as the growth engine of the nation,” he stressed.
