(FE)
The Network Planning Group (NPG) of the PM Gati Shakti Master Plan on Friday approved five highway projects worth Rs 15,683 crore in four states, a senior official said. With this, the number of projects that has been approved by NPG so far touched 85, at investments of Rs 5.4 trillion, special secretary (logistics), Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Sumita Dawra said after the 51st meeting of the group.
All infrastructure projects of over Rs 500 crore have to get an approval from NPG, which has representatives of all infrastructure ministries, to ensure that their planning conforms to the objectives of Gati Shakti Master Plan. Of the five highway projects approved on Friday include construction for mitigation measures in Uttarakhand, two in Maharashtra, one in Kanpur and one in Mizoram. In Mizoram a bypass tunnel for Aizawl has been approved while for Kanpur a ring road/bypass has got the go-ahead.
