The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government is all set to give Noida and Greater Noida a major infra boost in a multicrore investment push.

Buzz in the UP secretariat is that Yogi's close cabinet colleagues and top bureaucrats are preparing the blueprint showcasing big industrial hubs, expressways and multi-modal transport junctions to attract foreign investors and corporate houses in a big way.

"A big investment summit is scheduled on February 20 and 21 next year to showcase to potential investors what the state has done, be it fast-moving expressways, regional connectivity in terms of opening 15 new airports, special thrust on curbing crime and improving output in agriculture, blending technology with innovations," UP health minister Siddharth Nath Singh said.

Senior officers refused to divulge on investment figures, but thousands of crores worth investment is being targeted with representatives from South Korea, Japan, US and UK set to arrive for the summit. It is also learnt that Yogi will hit the road on December 8 after his Gujarat campaign to attract investors. Yogi is also scheduled to travel overseas, including US, to pitch for "invest in UP".

"The entire western UP landscape is set to change. The entire Yamuna Expressway is up as a perfect case for transit-oriented development," said Anup Chandra Pandey, UP's infrastructure and industrial development commissioner. "And in all this, Noida and Greater Noida are the top beneficiaries, along with six or seven other major towns falling along the major expressways in operation or under planning stage in UP," said Awanish Kumar.

Awasthi, CEO, UP Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA). Elaborating on the new proposed lifeline - Purvanchal Expressway, which will link Delhi to Bihar from Noida by crossing three expressways, Awasthi told Mail Today, "We are pushing hard to begin construction of Purvanchal Expressway to link Delhi and Bihar via Varanasi in a road journey not lasting 10 hours as against 15-17 hours at present. A faster movement is ensured once the Rs 20,000 crore Purvanchal Expressway gets completed. Construction will begin in March 2018 as nearly 80 per cent of private land is already acquired by the government."

Pandey added, "The Expressway, coupled with prospects of Jhevar airport in Delhi's vicinity, has thrown open the entire Noida-Greater Noida-Jhevar and Dadri area for planned development. Dadri is also the convergence of two freight corridors in offing and we plan to make that area UP's new logistics hub. Besides, we plan to develop a multimodal transport hub and open the area to investors to set up mega food parks."