lucknow after constructing ring road and outer ring road to keep heavy traffic out of the city keeping rising population and expansion in mind city planners have now shifted their focus on improving connectivity within city limits and plan a green corridor along the gomti which divides the city into two partsit will take nearly three years to construct a fourlane 5565 km green corridor along the gomti to ease traffic congestion on city roadsthe idea is to provide endtoend fast connectivity from western part of city hardoisitapur bypass to eastern limit at kisan path via 1090 roundabout and pipraghat after construction of this corridor which will become a key artery samata mulak crossing and 1090 roundabout will become the new centre said lda chief engineer indushekhar singh who presented the proposal before chief minister yogi adityanath on saturdaysenior officials said the cm has given nod and sought a detailed project report from chief secretary in 10 days the corridor will be constructed in phases as there are 15 small patches of roads including 2927 km on one bank of gomti river and 26376 km on the opposite one the corridor will have elevated roads and footpath and the estimated cost of the project is rs 208753 crore said sourcescurrently stretches along the gomti like nadwa road upto hanuman setu birbal sahni marg till ashok marg butler road till gomti barrage are few patches which provide relief from traffic congestion these stretches will become an integral part of the corridorthere is proposal of crossover at pipraghat and shaheed path in the corridor along with slip roads at sultanpurlucknow junction for better connectivityresident affected by the green corridor will be considered under housing for all scheme and the rehabilitation policy will be linked with pradhan mantri awas yojana said lda officialsthe project will be developed jointly by lda pwd irrigation and urban development departments