According to a ministry of commerce and industry, the Network Planning Group, which was part of the PM GatiShakti initiative, assessed seven important rail and road projects in Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh to determine their progress, make sure they adhere to the initiative’s guidelines, and improve multimodal connectivity and logistics efficiency.
These projects evaluated are expected to ease traffic congestion, reduce travel times, boost logistical efficiency, and provide socio-economic benefits to the regions they connect.
The group assessed two road projects in Uttar Pradesh to be completed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). Both projects are expected to increase efficiency in freight movement and provide easy access to economic zones.
The corridor of Prayagraj-Jaunpur-Azamgarh-Dohrighat-Gorakhpur Road in the country’s most populous state is expected to align to regional needs, and MoRTH will complete the land acquisition swiftly.
The Ghazipur-Syed Raja Road Section, will be connected to the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFCCIL), local railway stations like Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and Ghazipur City, and air links through Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport in Varanasi.
Additionally, according to the news release, the Varanasi Inland Waterway Terminal via NH-19 offers a different freight route, optimizing logistics within the PM GatiShakti framework to ease trade and lower logistics costs in the area.
The goal of two Jharkhand railway lines is to boost the nation’s capacity to transport coal. The Koderma-Arigada and Shivpur-Kathautia Rail Lines, which are 133.38 km and 49.08 km long, respectively, would double as a result of these initiatives.
Two industrial parks in Renigunta, which is about 15 km from Tirupati, and a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), which is 85 km from Tirupati, are part of the 100-kilometer Tirupati-Katpadi Double Line in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, according to the statement.
