The Yamuna Expressway that will connect Delhi to Agra, also connecting Buddh International Circuit where Inaugural India GP will be held on 30th October, 2011 will be completed by October 30.
Both the 165-km-long expressway and the race track are being developed by the Jaypee Group.
The October slot for Formula 1 has been fixed subject to the final inspection by experts of the Federation International de l’Automobile (FIA) in June.
Originally, the expressway was to be built by March 31, but work got stalled when farmers launched an agitation in Tappal, near Aligarh, last year to demand higher compensation for land acquired for a township project which is part of the expressway. After the government pacified the farmers, a new deadline of July was fixed. However, at a meeting today to review the progress of the project, representatives of the Jaypee Group informed the government that they needed more time for construction of interchanges at Agra for which the forest department clearance was received only recently. In all, seven interchanges have to be built.
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