Ahead of the G20 summit which will be held at the newly built state-of-the-art Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan on September 9-10, several arterial roads and other important areas in the city have been given a facelift. Visuals show illuminated G20 logos installed at the nearest prominent footpath and road roundabouts of Indira […]
Category: Roads
Slow progress in highway construction persists despite government push
Highway construction in India continues to face sluggish progress due to irregularities in the monsoon season, according to a report by Mint. According to data from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, only 2,670 km of highways were completed during the first four months of the financial year. This represents just 20 per cent […]
Plan on track to convert expressways into industrial corridors in UP
To strengthen its trillion-dollar economy road map, the Uttar Pradesh government will convert expressways into corridors for an array of industries, including manufacturing and food processing. The state agency, UP Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), will acquire about 100 acres in the vicinity of each expressway project for allotment to industry. The government will incur […]
MMRDA aims for Rs 1.4 trn in debt funding, bolstered by ‘Gati Shakti’
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), which is responsible for planning and developing infrastructure for India’s financial capital, aims to mobilise close to Rs 1.4 trillion as debt-based funding. In an interview with Amritha Pillay, MMRDA Metropolitan Commissioner Sanjay Mukherjee discusses the fundraising plans, the impact of policies such as Gati Shakti and the […]
AI-driven planning is Gati Shakti’s new frontier, says DPIIT official
Over the past year and a half, the GatiShakti National Master Plan has developed into a comprehensive database of ongoing as well as future projects for various central and state-level economic and social infrastructure initiatives. Moving forward, GatiShakti will also incorporate predictive infrastructure planning through the use of artificial intelligence (AI), SUMITA DAWRA, special secretary […]
Working on private sector access to non-sensitive data: Piyush Goyal
The government is considering ways to give the private sector access to non-sensitive data on the Gati Shakti platform, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said at a Business Standard event late on Monday. In a fireside chat at ‘Gati-Shakti Connect’, organised by the newspaper, Goyal pointed out that there would be checks and balances […]
Govt projects in fast lane: Record completion rates hit decade high
The government’s push for better coordination of infrastructure projects appears to be bearing fruit with project completion rates up, data indicates. The latest figures from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) reveal a surge in the value of concluded government projects, reaching a peak in June – a record spanning over a decade. In […]
Gati shakti framework could unsnarl India’s infrastructure bottlenecks
Many infrastructure development projects in India have faced implementation challenges, leading to significant cost and time overruns. According to data published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (Mospi), as of July 2023, of a total of 1,646 central infrastructure projects costing Rs 150 crore and above, 809 were running behind their original schedules, […]
India on the move: Gati Shakti helps ministries, states to work as a team
Anyone who has dealt with government departments would know, from experience, what this expression means: The right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing. The central government hopes to change this perception. And it intends to do so by demolishing silos and breaking barriers. Since the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led government came to […]
Revolutionising logistics: How Gati Shakti is transforming supply chains
Imagine a spice farmer in Wayanad, Kerala, sending his produce to Europe. His logistics partner is in a position to deploy trucks on demand, almost immediately, because of the predictability of turnaround times afforded by reliable highways. The trucks need to travel a few hundred kilometres to reach a state-of-the art multimodal cargo terminal, where […]
Industry leaders laud Gati Shakti for streamlining infrastructure growth
The infrastructure sector — from roads and railways to power and telecom — stands to benefit from the streamlining of resources under Gati Shakti, which will expedite the growth of these sectors. In a conversation with Suveen Sinha, industry leaders who were part of a panel discussion on “Gati Shakti: Hopes and Aspirations of Infra […]
Gati Shakti master plan: Transforming infra planning with holistic approach
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the creation of the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP), there was little clarity on how it would work and how it intended to solve historic infrastructure planning issues, which were deep-rooted within the system. Today, the initiative has been used to evaluate over 100 projects worth trillions […]