Page 64 - NIS-English 16-31 May 2022

Towards Duty
Towards
Duty
Path
Path
Years
Years
projects. Now the NIP has
Central Vista
Work is currently underway
The Central Vista
project is a symbol of
our commitment and
efforts towards building
a self-reliant India. The
new parliament is being
designed and built by
Indians using Indian
materials. This will be the
first Indian Parliament to
be made of the people,
by the people, and for the
people.
62 New India Samachar May 16-31, 2022
The National Infrastructure
Pipeline Project
The National Urban Transport
Infrastructure Pipeline Before 2014, only five cities across the country
Project (NIP) was had metro facilities. Until 2014, only the Delhi-
launched with 6,835 NCR region of the country saw a massive
expansion of the metro. Today, the metro has
expanded to about 9,367 either become operational in more than two
dozen cities in the country or is about to start
projects with a total cost
of Rs 142.45 lakh crore. soon. India, with driverless train operations on
94 km of the Delhi Metro network, ranks fourth
in the world's elite class of metro systems that
on 2,444 projects. operate driverless trains.
The length of the metro route has become 700 km by 2021.
In 2014 it was 250 km. Work continues on 1000 km long
new metro routes.
AMRUT: ATAL MISSION FOR RENEWAL AND
URBAN TRANSFORMATION
n There are 5818 projects worth Rs 76,760 crore for the period from
Rs 80,713 crore on the ground, 22 to 2025-26. Contracts have been
awarded in the water supply
compared to the total size of the
SAAP (State Annual Action Plan) of sector.
Rs 77,640 crore n Contracts have been awarded for
n On October 1, 2021, Prime Minister 1,326 projects worth Rs 41,850
Narendra Modi launched AMRUT crore. In which 740 projects
2.0 with the goal of making cities worth Rs 11,530 crore have been
"water-secure" and providing water
completed.
through tap connections to all n In addition, 18 projects worth Rs
households. 358 crore are under various stages
n The total expenditure for AMRUT of tender. The target is to provide
2.0 is Rs 2,77,000 crore, with 1.39 crore tap connections to reach
2021-involving a central share of water from tap to all.