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MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE

PROGRESS

gets a fillip from
government PROJECTS NO LONGER STALL,
efforts

03 HANG OR WANDER

n The "Pragati" platform is also India has built world-class infrastructure in the last eight
a hallmark of Prime Minister years, while development projects that have been pending
Narendra Modi's proactive for decades are now being completed. Development
approach to completing
development projects after projects are now being completed with speed and scale.
assuming office. That's why Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, "Those
n The Central and State whose foundation stone we lay, we also inaugurate them.
governments are involved in It is not arrogance, but our belief. "
this technologically-based
multi-modal platform. The
projects are examined by the Project Project started Inauguration
Prime Minister personally.
n In 40 meetings of "Pragati," Atal Tunnel 2002 2020
Prime Minister Modi has
so far reviewed over 320 Kosi Rail Bridge 2003 2020
projects and programmes
totalling more than Rs 15 Peripheral Expressway 2003 2018
lakh crore.
Bidar-Kalburgi Rail Line 2000 2017

Pakyong Airport 2008 2018

Paradip Refinery 2002 2016

Kollam Bypass 1972 2019

Saryu Canal Project 1978 2021
Gorakhpur Fertilizer Plant closed in 1990 and restarted in 2021

After the construction of the road, dig a 16 ministries and departments on a single
n
pit for laying the pipe or dig the entire road platform.
for the cable itself. The reason behind n Every infrastructure project being built in
this is the lack of coordination among the the country will come under the purview of
departments. But these are the scenes we Gatishakti. In the next financial year, about
Indians have been used to for years. 25000 km of national highway expansion,
To overcome this lack of coordination, 60 km of ropeway projects to Kavach,
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched linked to the safety of the railways, and
the Rs 107 lakh crore Gatishakti National the development of 100 cargo terminals
Master Plan in October 2021 to connect have also been included in it.

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