New Delhi, Oct 8 (UNI) Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said flagship 'Bharatmala Pariyojana' has planned development of 34,800 km of highways connecting major urban and economic centers throughout the nation.
Addressing the inaugural session of M&M & IIM Ahmedabad MPOWER Series, he said it has been
planned to construct 25,000 kilometers of National Highways within the next two years.
The Minister said under the National Infrastructure pipeline program, a roadmap of 2,800 projects has
been planned with a length of over 1 lakh kilometers.
He said the government is focusing on integrated infrastructure development through the announcement of the National Infra Pipeline and Gati-Shakti programs.
Gadkari said with so many upcoming new alternative fuels such as Ethanol, LNG, Bio-CNG, Electric, Hydrogen, the transport sector in India is standing at a very important junction.
He said whatever policies 'we design and adopt right now will pave the way for the next 30-40 years'.
The Minister emphasised on reduction of logistic costs below 10 per cent for making retail market more competitive and boosting economic growth.
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