"For some reasons...the three corridors coming from the south have not been dealt with in an elaborate fashion," Sitharaman said
Replicating the concept of Vande Bharat trains, the 16-coach 'Gati Shakti' train can clock 160 kmph and will be manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai.
To ensure these have logistics & infrastructure connectivity, before it receives Cabinet nod
Detailed project reports of East-West and North-South freight corridors being reworked
Road projects top the pecking order, states to upload data by March-end
For years, one of the country's finest ports, JNPT, had "very bad" connectivity because of "bad" planning and that is what this government is trying to change with this initiative, said Piyush Goyal
Gati Shakti, a digital portal, is currently in a testing phase but officials said that a full-fledged launch should be done by the end of March
'Through Gati Shakti, land-related problems can be resolved to a great extent', said Anurag Jain
There is talk of having the Gati Shakti programme initiate changes in the administrative framework at the ground level
CRISIL Research and industry experts say a recovery in domestic demand since the second half of September can also prompt the hikes
The government's recent spate of programmes should be expected to generate some momentum, but the macro-economic numbers are not encouraging, notes T N Ninan
Gati Shakti shows the intent, but hurdles remain
As many as 500 multimodal hubs are expected be developed under Gati Shakti Mission at an extra investment of Rs 50,000 crore in the next five years, says Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
Projects will be designed and executed with a common vision across various ministries
The launch of the master plan is expected to boost infrastructure building by integrating key modes of transportation