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Infrastructure

 
Air Connectivity

  • 16

    Airports / Airstrips

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  • 16

    Domestic Airports

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  • 05

    International Airports

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  • 51

    Districts Connected Through Flights Within The State

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    Districts Connected Through International Flights Within The State

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  • 05

    Airports Completed Under RCS Phase 1 & 2
    (Prayagraj, Hindon, Bareilly, Ayodhya, Kushinagar)

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  • 05

    Projects under progress under RCS phase 1 & 2

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    New projects identified under RCS Phase 3
    (Ayodhya, Kushinagar, Sarsawa, Gazipur & Meerut)

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Air Passenger Traffic – 2026

  • 239,758 in Agra Airport
  • 322,252 in Kanpur Airport
  • 1,077,393 in Prayagraj Airport
  • 867,994 in Gorakhpur Airport
  • 4,343,347 in Varanasi Airport
  • 6,438,506 in Lucknow Airport

Aircraft Movement – 2026

  • 1,848 in Agra Airport
  • 2,210 in Kanpur Airport
  • 9,665 in Prayagraj Airport
  • 5,650 in Gorakhpur Airport
  • 27,822 in Varanasi Airport
  • 49,662 in Lucknow Airport

Noida International Airport, Jewar

Jewar Airport is one of the Largest Airports in India (PPP Mode, NAIL and Zurich Airport by 2023)

  • Spread over 5000 hectares area 
  • 50 million passenger traffic capacity
  • 1800 Cr worth MRO & Cargo Hub Expected Aerotropolis
Inland Waterways

  • India’s 1st Inland Waterway in UP
  • NW1 connecting major exporting hubs to Haldia Port via Varanasi & Prayagraj
  • 26% catchment Area of NW-1 in UP
  • 27 million tonnes volume expected to move on NW-1 by 2023
  • India’s 1st Multi Modal Terminal at Varanasi on NW1
  • Other NW1 Terminals Varanasi MMT Assi Ghat, Varanasi Rajghat, Varanasi
  • 425 Kms Total Navigable Water length in UP
  • 10 Upcoming National Waterways (NW) will present Uttar Pradesh with new Prospects
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Expressways

  • State of the art expressways for seamless connectivity with access controlled navigation
  • Existing Yamuna & Agra-Lucknow Expressway connecting the State Capital to National Capital Region
  • 302 kms Agra Lucknow Expressway is one of the longest expressways in India
  • Poorvanchal Expressway & Bundelkhand Expressway connecting the exporting hubs in Eastern and Bundelkhand region
  • Lucknow-Azamgarh-Ghazipur- Expressway known as Purvanchal Expressway is a 6-lane, divided and access-controlled 343 km long Expressway
  • Upcoming 594 kms long Ganga Expressway will be one of India’s longest expressway, connecting key exporting hubs
  • 296 kms long Bundelkhand Expressway is an under construction, 4lane Controlled-access highway, Broad route, connecting Chitrakoot-Banda-Orai-Jalaun-Auraiya-Etawah
  • Gorakhpur Link Expressway will connect North eastern UP viz. Gorakhpur area through the Purvanchal Expressway to Lucknow, Agra and Delhi with smooth traffic corridor.
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Rail

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  • Largest

    Rail track length of 8949 Kms

  • 5

    Railway Zones

  • Railway density

    Nearly twice (40 km) the national average per 1000 sq km area

Road

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    Largest Road Network in India

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    3 Lakh km – Total Road Length (pwd)

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    12,124 Km Total National Highway

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    2nd In India in Total N.H. Network Length Presence

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    State Highways Length: Approx. 6180 km as on 31st March 2018 (MoRTH)

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    2nd In India In Terms of Total National Highway Network Length

Metro Rail

Operational Metro

  • Operational Metro Cities : 5 – Noida, Ghaziabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, and Agra
  • Metro Rail Projects under construction: 1 – Meerut
  • Current Daily Average Ridership in Noida: Approx. 66,000
  • Current Daily Average Ridership in Lucknow: Approx. 60,000
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Lucknow Metro Rail Network Length: 23.732 Kms Current Daily Average Ridership (in Feb,2020): 1936 No. of stations: 21

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Noida Metro Rail Network Length: 29.7 Kms Current Daily Average Ridership (in Feb,2020): 25907 No. of stations: 21

Corridors

Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor

  • 8.5% of DMIC catchment area

    (36,068 sq. km) across 12 districts

  • Expected investment of Rs 27,400 Cr & 1.2 million Job creation
Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) along DMIC

Projects along DMIC-WDFC

  • Boraki Integrated Transport Hub
  • Dadri – Noida – Ghaziabad Investment Region
  • Integrated Industrial Township at Greater Noida
  • Integrated Multi Modal Logistic Hub at G.Noida near Dadri
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Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor

  • 57% of AKIC catchment area across 17 districts
  • Expected investment of More than Rs 50,000 Cr
Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) along AKIC
Highest share of EDFC in UP

Projects along AKIC-EDFC

  • 3 Integrated manufacturing clusters around 18 identified railway stations
  • Development of 3 industrial clusters –
    • Auraiya, Kannauj- Kanpur Cluster
    • Prayagraj-Varanasi Cluster
    • Agra- Aligarh Cluster

UP Defence Industrial Corridors

  • One of the 2 Defence Industrial Corridors in India
  • Expected Investment approx. Rs 50,000 Cr & 2.5 lakh job opportunities
  • 6 identified nodes: Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, Chitrakut, Kanpur & Lucknow
  • ~5071.19 Hectares Land bank identified, of which 3796 hectares has been acquired
  • IIT Kanpur and IIT BHU identified for setting up Centre of Excellence worth Rs. 50 Cr & Rs. 69 Cr respectively
  • Land allotment policy & incentive policy announced

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