The 56th Network Planning Group Meeting under PM GatiShakti yesterday assessed six Infrastructure Projects. These include four projects of Road Transport and Highways Ministry and two projects of Railways Ministry with the total project cost of about 52 thousand crore rupees. The meeting was held yesterday under the chairpersonship of Special Secretary, Logistics, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Sumita Dawra at Yashobhoomi Convention Center in New Delhi. This takes the total number of projects assessed by Network Planning Group to 112 with a total value of about 11.53 lakh crore rupees, since the launch of PM GatiShakti approach.

Road Transport and Highways Ministry presented four road projects to NPG and demonstrated adherence to GatiShakti principles. The first project proposal is a Greenfield Road located in Gujarat and Maharashtra. It will benefit not only industrial belts in Navsari, Nashik, Ahmednagar districts but also the agriculture sector in the region. The project is expected to contribute to the overall socio-economic development of tribal districts like Navsari, Valsad and Nashik by providing easy and convenient connectivity. It will also benefit the tourism sector in the region and will also connect aspirational districts, such as Osmanabad.