Kanpur-Kabrai Highway Approved: Travel Time Slashed to 1.5 Hours
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a four-lane access-controlled greenfield highway project from Kanpur to Kabrai in Uttar Pradesh at a cost of Rs 7,145 crore.
The 242-km project, which will connect Kanpur to the Bundelkhand region, is part of the Kanpur-Bhopal economic corridor.
The project will reduce travel time between Kanpur and Kabrai from 3.5 hours to 1.5 hours — a 58 per cent reduction — and will be designed for a speed range of 80-100 kmph.
The project will also provide connectivity with NH-34, NH-35, the Bundelkhand Expressway, Kanpur Ring Road, and State Highways SH-46, SH-91, SH-10B, and SH-42, thereby strengthening integration with the regional highway network.
“The project will provide seamless, high-speed connectivity between Kanpur and Kabrai, while strengthening onward connectivity to Sagar, Bhopal, and other parts of Madhya Pradesh, thereby creating a modern access-controlled economic corridor linking the industrial and commercial centres of Uttar Pradesh with mineral-rich, manufacturing and agricultural regions of Madhya Pradesh,” the government said in a statement.
