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Cover Story Multi-modal Connectivity
A 500% increase in the
budget for road transport and
highways as compared to
2014.
More than 3.26 lakh km of
roads built after 2014.
Rural road coverage was 55% IMPETUS TO ROAD
in 2014 which increased to
99% in 2022.
There has been a 3-fold CONSTRUCTION
increase in the construction
of highways, from 12 km The work to
constructed daily in 2013 to 37 build 2835 km The construction
km in 2021-22. work of 758 km
expressway is going has also been
on in 12 states. completed.
The provision of charging facilities for electric
vehicles on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway has
"Now the country will run with a strong been made mandatory.
resolve." You must walk with a strong Under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna,
resolve. And developed India is that big from April 2017 to July 2022, more than 40,000
resolution. Nothing should be less than roads with a road length of over 2.10 lakh kms
that now. Connectivity is an important built and more than 13 thousand roads of
component of Panch Prana. Speed is more than 65 thousand Kilometers length are
associated with any nation's progress. under construction. A study conducted on the
The month of November is significant roads being prepared under this scheme has
for transportation and connectivity revealed that people's access to markets and
because the country observes National livelihood opportunities, health, and education
Transport Day on November 10, which facilities has increased. Eight percent more
was previously limited to safe transport goods reached markets, primary employment
in agriculture increased by 13%, and outbound
awareness programmes. However, times employment by 8%, with a 30% reduction in the
have changed, and the emphasis is now number of births taking place in homes.
on environmental friendly transportation. The length of national highways across the
On this day, World Science Day is also country is 1,41,720 km. For supporting making
observed, and the role of science and futuristic project, ease of preparation of projects
technology in connectivity becomes with coordinated and integrated planning, and
equally important. efficient transportation system, PM Gatishakti
The story of India's progress has NMP portal has done GIS mapping of these.
moved from steam locomotives to In the last five years, about 55 thousand
bullet trains and Vande Bharat trains; kilometers of national highways have been
from ordinary road vehicles to electric constructed at an average of about 11
and hybrid cars; to low-cost air travel; thousand kilometers annually. Similarly, 22
and to the national route of waterways. green-field highways have been envisaged with
an expenditure of over Rs 3.56 lakh crore.
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