Ganga Expressway hearing on Jan 16

Allahabad, Jan 11 (UNI) The Allahabad High Court today adjourned the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), seeking stay on the Ballia-Greater Noida Ganga Expressway project till the approval of the Water Resource Ministry of the Central government.

The order was passed by a division bench comprising Chief Justice H L Gokhle and Justice Vinit Saran on a PIL filed by Ashutosh Srivastava.

The petitioner had claimed that the project would affect the ecological balance.

Under the Ganga Expressway Project, Uttar Pradesh government aims to construct a eight-lane road from Ballia to Greater Noida.

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