₹50,000+ Crore Mega Projects in Uttar Pradesh | Latest News & Updates

 ₹50,000+ Crore Mega Projects in Uttar Pradesh | Latest News & Updates

🇮🇳 1. Mega Expressways & Connectivity Projects (₹50,000 Cr+ Plan)

Uttar Pradesh is constructing multiple high-impact expressways to boost connectivity, reduce travel time, and drive investment across the state.

📌 Seven New Expressways Across UP

Coverage: 866 km across ~56 districts

Key expressways include:

Vindhya Expressway (≈320 km)

Chitrakoot Link, Jhansi Link, Jewar Link

Vindhya-Purvanchal & Lucknow Link

Agra-Lucknow to Ganga Expressway link

Estimated Cost: ₹50,000 crore+

👉 These corridors open huge business, logistics, and industrial growth opportunities. 

📌 Ganga Expressway – Flagship Connectivity

Connects 12 districts, nearing completion and transforming road freight & regional economy. 

📌 Awadh Expressway (NE-6)

63 km access-controlled road between Kanpur & Lucknow.

Expected to drive socioeconomic connectivity in Central UP. 

🏙️ 2. Urban & Township Mega Projects

📌 YEIDA’s Ultra-Modern City in Hathras

~950 acres of mixed-use development: residential, industrial, commercial & tourism zones.

Part of YEIDA’s strategy for decentralised urban growth. 

📌 Shivalik Mega Township (Moradabad)

Major residential + economic zone with land acquisition underway.

Expected to boost local housing market & jobs. 

📌 YEIDA Regional Masterplan Phase-2

Expansion covering ~34,000 hectares and 923 villages across Agra, Mathura, Aligarh, and Bulandshahr regions.

👉 This drives broad-based regional development beyond urban cores. 

🛡️ 3. Defence & Manufacturing Mega Projects

📌 Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC)

A strategic initiative under Make in India/Atmanirbhar Bharat to make UP a defence manufacturing hub.

Six nodes across Aligarh, Agra, Lucknow, Jhansi & more.

Investment proposals ₹28,761 crore+ — with companies like Adani Defence Systems operational.

👉 Boosts aerospace, defence tech, employment & R&D. 

🏙️ 4. Smart City & Urban Transport Projects

📌 Prayagraj Metrolite (Upcoming)

~44 km rapid mass-transit system in Allahabad/Prayagraj.

39 stations across two lines.

Estimated cost ~₹8,000 crore.

👉 A boost for urban mobility and tourism infrastructure. 

🧠 5. Digital & High-Tech Mega Initiatives

📌 AI Cities & Data Centres Plan (2026 Roadmap)

AI-focused cities in Lucknow & Noida to attract innovation firms & startups.

Investment pipeline: ₹30,000 crore in data centre ecosystem.

₹3,700 crore semiconductor unit planned in Jewar.

👉 Positions UP as India’s emerging tech hub. 

☘️ 6. Green Energy & Sustainability Projects

📌 First Green Hydrogen Plant (Gorakhpur)

Designed to produce 72 tonnes/year of green hydrogen.

Supports India’s net-zero goals & cleaner fuel ecosystem.

👉 Catalyses future-ready renewable energy deployment. 

🧵 7. Industrial Parks & Sector Development

📌 PM MITRA Mega Textile Park (Lucknow)

~1000 acres in Malihabad under PPP model.

Estimated Investment: ₹10,000 crore.

👉 Aims at textile exports, jobs & industrial scale-up. 

🔌 8. Power & Energy Projects

📌 Adani Power Plant + Nuclear Plans

New 1,500 MW power plant to strengthen UP’s energy supply.

Adani gearing up eight small modular nuclear reactors in UP — potential future energy mega project. 

YEIDA new city Hathras project

PM MITRA textile park Uttar Pradesh

Green hydrogen project in UP

New expressway projects UP ₹50,000 crore

📌 Official Web Sources & Websites

For authoritative details:

✔ Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) – (Mega projects): upeida.up.gov.in

✔ YEIDA (Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority) – (Urban development): yeida.in

✔ Invest UP – (Investment & industry): investup.in

✔ Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) – (Transit): lmrcl.com

✔ UP Government Official Portal – up.gov.in — for policy & tender announcements.