The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi has approved the development of eight access-controlled national highway projects with a total length of 936 km.
While there are 2000 to 3000 houses constructed within a short span of time, these houses have been built by people from Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. A Bhaskar report says that these non-MP residents have constructed as many as 32 houses each with one sole motive—Muavza [compensation].
When the Modi government came to power in 2014, the total length of national highways in the country was 91,287 km. Now in 2024, it has become 1.46 lakh km showing a massive 60% increase in a decade.
Prime Minister will virtually launch the Mahtari Vandan Yojana (MVY) of the Chhattisgarh government and interact with the women beneficiaries of the scheme.
Asserting a significant change from times of hardships and a palpable, metastasising sense of alienation, the Modi government is bridging the hearts and minds of every community left behind. The above bridges are the pillars of ‘Sabka Vikas’, extending arms of brotherhood and prosperity.
For the world’s largest democracy, its ‘New Deal’ moment has probably arrived now. India, with its labyrinth of rural and urban roads, ports, and airports, has had a steady development of its infrastructure since independence.