Lays foundation stones for 16 NH projects in Andhra Pradesh inaugurated, India – Kazakhstan Defence Cooperation: Webinar and Expo
Lays foundation stones for 16 NH projects in Andhra Pradesh inaugurated
- Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for 16 National Highways projects with a total length of 1411 kms worth Rs 15,592 crore in Andhra Pradesh.
- The length of National Highways in Andhra Pradesh before May 2014 was 4193 Km, which has now increased to 6860 Km.
- Thus, there has been increase of 2667 Km (64%) in NH length during past 6 years.
- However, the works costing Rs 34,100 crore are under DPR Stage and targeted for completion by 2024, while works costing Rs. 25,440 crore are under implementation.
- 50-60% progress has been achieved in projects costing Rs 18,100 crore.
- Moreover, 5000 Km of National Highways are being developed as a part of Bharatmala Pariyojana in the State.
- In addition, 400 Km of Port Connectivity Roads will also be developed under Bharatmala Pariyojana.
- The Bharatmala Pariyojana was conceptualized through a scientific study of freight traffic movement between key origin-destination pairs to enable efficient freight and passenger movement.
- 35,000 km of National Highways are being developed as a part of Bharatmala Pariyojana in the country.
- This is inline with the Prime Minister’s vision for a New India, development of world-class transport infrastructure has been prioritized, through initiatives such as the Bharatmala Pariyojana, India’s largest ever infrastructure development programme.
- Many flagship corridors such as Delhi Mumbai Expressway, Delhi Amritsar Katra Expressway, Chennai – Bengaluru Expressway, Anantapur – Amaravati Expressway etc. are being developed as a part of Bharatmala Pariyojana.
- the 335 Km Anantpur – Amaravati Expressway is being developed as a part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana. The access control Expressway improving connectivity of Capital Region, Coastal and Northern region of Andhra Pradesh and will greatly enable the economic prosperity of the region. The Expressway has 16 Packages and is being developed with an investment of Rs 20,000 crore. It connects Amaravati, new capital city of Andhra Pradesh with Anantapuramu of Rayalaseema Region and it provides a major connectivity between NH-44 & NH-16 which are lifeline in the State of Andhra Pradesh.the Bangalore – Chennai Expressway with a length of 262 Km is also one of the Expressways being developed as a part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana. This access control Expressway, improving connectivity between Bangalore and Chennai, will greatly enable the economic prosperity of the region. Three packages with a total length of 85 Km are being developed in the State of Andhra Pradesh with an investment of Rs 5,200 Crore. The Works have been sanctioned and construction is being initiated in another 16 projects of length 878 km at an investment of Rs 7,585 Crore. Its includes construction of Western Side Benz Circle Flyover in the city limits of Vijayawada. the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is endeavouring and committed to ensure expedited completion of these projects to enable economic prosperity of the state. He said, the State Government has extended its co-operation in sharing the land acquisition cost for the Amaravati – Anantapur Expressway. He requested the State Government to continue this co-operation for the implementation of other projects too, resolving the issues of the Toll Plazas and fast disbursement of compensation for land acquisition.The Minister informed that projects with total length of 637 kms costing Rs 8306 crore are likely to be completed during 2020-21. These include 8 projects with road length of 150 kms at a cost of Rs 3850 crore by NHAI, and 19 projects with road length of 487 kms at a cost of Rs 4456 crore by MoRTH. Further, projects with total length of 535 Km costing Rs 11,712 crore are to be awarded during the current FY. These include 4 projects with road length of 217 kms at a cost of Rs 9071 crore by NHAI, and 9 projects with road length of 318 kms at a cost of Rs 2641 crore by MoRTH. Another 2371 Km projects costing Rs 34,133 crore are in DPR stage. These include 10 projects with road length of 713 kms at a cost of Rs 19559 crore by NHAI, 24 PC projects with road length of 404 kms at a cost of Rs 7004 crore, and 20 projects with road length of 1254 kms at a cost of Rs 7570 crore by MoRTH. Andhra Pradesh is a hub where a large number of roads pass. Development of such projects will bring prosperity to State.
India – Kazakhstan Defence Cooperation: Webinar and Expo
- A webinar between India and Kazakhstan was held on 15/10/2020.
- The Theme of webinar was “Make In India For The World, India – Kazakhstan Defence Cooperation: Webinar and Expo”.
- It was organized under the aegis of Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence through FICCI.
- This webinar is the part of the series of webinars which are being organized with friendly foreign countries in order to boost defence exports and achieve defence export target of $5 billion in the next five years.
- Ambassadors of both countries and senior MoD officials from both sides participated in the webinar and spoke about need to leverage opportunities not only for co-development and co-production but also to meet each other’s requirements.
- Various Indian companies such as L&T Defence, Ashok Leyland Limited, Bharat Forge, Zen Technologies, Elcom Innovations, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Alpha Design Technologies and Bharat Electronics Limited made company and product presentations on major platforms/equipment like Artillery Systems, Radars, Protected Vehicles, Missiles and Air Defence Equipment’s, Training Solutions etc in the webinar.
- BEL announced its plans to open representative office in Kazakhstan.
- The webinar was attended by more than 350 participants and 39 virtual exhibition stalls, which includes 7 stalls from Kazakh companies have been set up in the Expo.
