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Cover Story Sankalp years
Shakti of

When modern roads, modern railway
GATI SHAKTI
stations, railway tracks, metro, and
airports are built, then the country's
progress gains momentum. There PM Gati Shakti was launched in October 2021
are many such studies in the world,
to improve multi-modal connectivity, and
which show that the amount spent
logistics efficiency and connect different
on infrastructure has a significant
modes of transport in the country. Transport
impact on development. Investment
modes are being linked in such a way that
in infrastructure attracts even
one mode of transport supports the other.
more investment. For the last 9
That is, highways should be better connected
years, the Central Government is
also continuously making huge to railway stations, railway stations should
investments in infrastructure. In this be connected to airports, and people should
year's budget, a provision of Rs 10 lakh also get seamless connectivity during
crore for infrastructure has been made. transportation.
This is 5 times more than in 2014.
infrastructure projects
58 have been recommended
in PM Gati Shakti.

- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
infrastructure projects
In over PM GatiShakti helped
158 identify bottlenecks,
reduce time and cost

AIRPORTS

150
The Central
148
Number of Airports 90 74 made continuous
120
Government has
efforts to improve
60
the aviation
30
0 infrastructure.
2014 2023

n The regional connectivity scheme-Ude Desh ka
Aam Naagrik was launched in 2016, in which 469
routes connecting 74 airports have been made
operational. Lakhs of Indians have got the option of
cheap air travel.
n With the core mantra of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas,
Sabka Vishwas, and Sabka Prayas”, the lives of more
than 140 crore citizens are made easy by good
governance aimed at removing hurdles of the
government system.
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