<span style="color: #222222;">Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, will lay the foundation stone of Lucknow Kanpur expressway today. This project worth Rs 4,200 crore will reduce travel time between the two cities to barely 40 minutes. Defence Minister will also launch many development projects for his constituency Lucknow today.<br />''<br />''Union Minister for Road and Transports Nitin Gadkari is launching National Highway projects of 821 kilometres worth 26778 crore rupees in Uttar Pradesh at different places. Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate and lay the foundation of 8 National Highway projects in Kanpur which are being constructed with rupees 14199 crores.<br />''<br />''He will also lay the foundation stone of Delhi-Amritsar- Katra expressway and national highway Amritsar- Ghoman-Tanda projects through video conferencing.<br />''<br />''Later in state capital Lucknow, the Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 16 National Highway projects at amausi. The projects are being constructed with rupees 7410 crore. In the evening he will launch 4 national highway projects worth rupees 5169 crores at shringverpur Dham.</span><br />