In Uttar Pradesh, Home Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for 80 National Highways projects worth over one lakh crore rupees in Lucknow today. <br />''<br />''Road, Transport and Highways Ministry, in a release, said, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mr</span> Singh will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for several works under Namami Gange programme worth over one thousand 969 crore rupees.<br />''<br />'' The Home Minister will be accompanied by Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.<br />''<br />''"The National Highways to be inaugurated include four-<span style="font-weight: bold;">laning</span> of Lucknow-Sultanpur section, four-<span style="font-weight: bold;">laning</span> of Kursi Road-Ayodhya Road section of Lucknow ring road which will decongest the traffic of Lucknow. <br />''<br />''Home Minister will lay the foundation stone for construction of Amethi Bypass and widening and construction of various important sections of highways in the State which also includes construction of 12 big and 40 small bridges. On the occasion, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mr</span> Singh will lay the foundation stone for construction of the ambitious Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway project which will half the current travel time between these two big cities of the state. <br />''<br />''He will also inaugurate several projects under Namami Gange programme, including laying of sewerage network of over 214 <span style="font-weight: bold;">kilometre</span> in Prayagraj at a cost of over 260 crore rupees.<br />