BREAKING: PM Narendra Modi's C-130J Super Hercules lands on Purvanchal Expressway - See pics

PM Modi landed on the Purvanchal Expressway on IAF's C-130J Super Hercules.

PM Narendra Modi can be seen getting down from the Super Hercules on Purvanchal Expressway's airstrip.

Prime Minister Modi on the Purvanchal Expressway.

The Prime Minister arrived in a C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft.

The Purvanchal Expressway is 341-kilometre long and will connect Lucknow with Ghazipur. It is now the longest operational expressway of India, overtaking Agra-Lucknow Expressway, which is 302-km long.

The Expressway is said to be the 'dream project' of the state government and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. It is also considered a big "gift" of the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the 2022 UP Assembly elections.

Starting from village Chand Sarai on Lucknow-Sultanpur Road (NH-731) in Lucknow, the Purvanchal Expressway passes through nine districts namely Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur - before ending at village Haidariya on National Highway No 19 in Ghazipur, just 18 kilometres from the UP-Bihar border.