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“The process for the selection of construction agency for the project should be expedited and work on expressway should start at the earliest,” the CS told the officials. DMs of the 10 districts through which the expressway would pass were asked to conduct public hearings, a necessary pre-requisite, to facilitate and pave for obtaining the environment clearance for the green-field project. The access-control expressway would not only reduce travel time between the two cities but also give overall boost to trade and production to cities in western UP, particularly Mainpuri and Etawah, the CS pointed out. Other cities that stand to benefit from the proposed expressway include Firozabad, Auraiya, Kannauj and Kanpur etc.