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The incident reportedly happened near Narayan Pur village under Loni Katra police station area. (File photo: News18/special arrangement)
Three people are said to be critical, officials said
At least eight people died and nearly 20 were injured in a collision of double-decker buses on Uttar Pradesh’s Purvanchal expressway today, an NDTV report said.
Three people are said to be critical, officials said. The incident reportedly happened near Narayan Pur village under Loni Katra police station area.
More details on the accident awaited.
The Purvanchal Expressway was inaugurated in November 2021 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The expressway starts from village Chaudsarai in Lucknow, located on Lucknow-Sultanpur Road (NH-731) and ends at village Hydaria situated on National Highway No. 31, near the Uttar Pradesh-Bihar border.
The expressway is six-lane wide and can be expanded to eight-lane in future.
Constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 22,500 crore, the Purvanchal Expressway is designed to benefit the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, especially Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur districts.
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