"We will start work on a number of new infrastructure projects in the coming months. This includes two new ports, 8 new airport, new industrial corridors and rail projects," Singh said
The Prime Minister has set specific targets for development of key infrastructure projects, including railways airports, ports, roads and power generation in the current financial year.
In a recent review meeting, the Prime Minister had reviewed the status of major infrastructure projects and tasked various ministries including railways, civil aviation, road and highways to roll out public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the next six months of identified projects worth Rs 115,000 crore.
The railway ministry has also been asked to expedite the work on the completion of the Khurja-Kanpur, Kanpur-Mughalsarai and Mughalsarai-Sonnagar stretches of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.
An inter-ministerial group of railways, finance and planning is being formed with the task of coming up with a creative financing-cum-implementation mechanism in two months for clearing the large backlog of sanctioned projects of over Rs 200,000 crore in a prioritised and time-bound manner.