TheWIRTGEN GROUP is driving excellence on Greenfield projects with a fleet of innovativemachines, as demonstrated here in the Purvanchal Expressway project.

Purvanchal Expressway is a prestigious Greenfieldproject under construction in India. It commences near village Chand Sarai,located at Lucknow-Sultanpur Road (NH-731), district Lucknow, and concludesnear village Haidaria on National Highway No.-19, before 18 km of UP-Biharborder, in district Ghazipur. This project had been envisaged knowing itsstrategic importance to uplift eastern part of the state along with providing aseamless connectivity to the state capital and national capital through otherGreenfield Expressways in the State viz. 'Agra to Lucknow Expressway’ and'Yamuna Expressway'.

The Purvanchal Expressway, being the Greenfieldalignment, entails an enormous requirement of approximately 2.34-crore cubicmetre of earthwork, 16 lakh cubic metre of WMM, and 10 lakh cubic metre ofAsphalt paving.

Perfect foundation with HAMM 311 Soil Compactor

A fleet of 53 HAMM compactors have been in actionacross the expressway length contributing to accelerate the pace ofconstruction with quality compaction.

Made in India Hamm 311 soil compactor with anoperating weight of 11 tonnes and 2.14m wide vibration drum, ensures highcompaction force and a large static linear load of up to 30 kg/cm on theconstruction site. The 3-Point Articulation technology provides for outstandingall-terrain mobility, supporting safe manoeuvring on uneven ground, and offersexcellent driving comfort by effectively dampening the vibrations.

Quality Paving with World class VÖGELE Pavers

28 VÖGELE pavers having clocked approximately 25,000working hours are seamlessly operating in tandem with Hamm. The Vögele Super1800-3 pavers with a paving width of 9.0m in one pass have effortlessly pavedthe Purvanchal expressway in all the packages followed by the Hamm Tandemrollers to compact the final layer. VÖGELE, an epitome of excellent longevityand reliability, offers the range of sensors pavers from 1.5m paving width to amaximum of 18m – one of the largest pavers in the world.

WIRTGEN GROUP:Sustainable Solution Provider for Road Construction

The Wirtgen Group machines are technology andinnovation leaders in CE industry with the market leading Vögele Pavers, best-in-classHamm Compactors, and Innovative Slipform Pavers to cater to all therequirements on green field expressways.

Projectdetails:

• DevelopingAuthority: Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial DevelopmentAuthority (UEIDA)

• TotalProject Length: 341 km divided in 8.0 Packages.

• Projectcost: ?22,494-crore(including the land acquisition cost).

• Projectmode: EPC mode.