Bharatmala
| Bharatmala | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Prime Minister(s) | Narendra Modi |
| Ministry | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| Key people | Nitin Gadkari |
| Established | 31 July 2015 |
| Status: Active | |
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Bharatmala is a name given to ambitious road and highways project of Modi Government.[1] The project will start from Gujarat and Rajasthan, move to Punjab and then cover the entire string of Himalayan states - Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand - and then portions of borders of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar alongside Terai, and move to Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and right up to the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur and Mizoram.[1]
Finance
The project would need an investment of around ₹500 billion (US$6.3 billion).[2]
Progress
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has prepared a draft Cabinet note on the ₹2.6 lakh crore (US$33 billion) Bharat Mala project that envisages construction of 25,000 km of roads along India's borders, coastal areas, ports, religious and tourist places as well as over 100 district headquarters.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Bharat Mala: PM Narendra Modi's planned Rs 14,000 crore road from Gujarat to Mizoram", The Economic Times, New Delhi, 29 April 2015
- ^ "Govt plans Bharat Mala, a 5,000km road network", The Times of India, New Delhi, 30 April 2015
- ^ "Ministry proposes construction of 25,000 km of roads under Bharat Mala project", The Economic Times, New Delhi, 9 January 2016
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