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What is the news?
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has made significant progress under the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP).
What is PM Gati Shakti?
PM Gati Shakti was launched in 2021.
It is a digital platform that brings together 16 Ministries, including railways and roadways together for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects.
What are the projects under implementation under PM Gati Shakti?
The Ministry of Road Transport plans to develop 22 Greenfield Expressways, 23 infrastructure projects & other highway projects and 35 Multi-Modal Logistics Parks (MMLPs) as part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana.
Some of the major Expressways and Corridors which are under construction stage are Delhi – Mumbai Expressway, Ahmedabad — Dholera Expressway, Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway among others.
Some of the major key infrastructure projects which are under construction stage include construction of Zojila Tunnel (Ladakh), roads to connect Krishnapatnam Port (Andhra Pradesh), a major bridge over Middle Strait Creek (Andaman & Nicobar Islands), Lalpul-Manmao changing road (Arunachal Pradesh) among others.
Further, several MMLP projects identified for development under the Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase I are: MMLP at Jogighopa(Assam), MMLP Nagpur, MMLP Chennai and MMLP Bengaluru.
Source: This post is based on the article “PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan(NMP)-22 Greenfield Express ways, 23 key infrastructure projects among others” published in Indian Express on 16th Feb 2022.
