On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will initiate ‘PM GatiShakti’, a national master program for multi-modal connectivity. According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), this project attempts to approach the issue of a lack of coordination amongst numerous agencies by institutionalising holistic planning.
PM Modi will be inaugurating the new exhibition complex (Exhibition Halls 2 to 5) at Pragati Maidan. The India International Trade Fair (IITF), the flagship event of the India Trade Promotion Organisation, will be taken place in these new exhibition halls from 14th November to 27, the PMO noted.
Defining it as a historic event for the nation’s infrastructure aspect, the PMO on Tuesday said that the GatiShakti plan would break departmental silos and institutionalise holistic planning for the stakeholders across significant infrastructure schemes.
It further stated that all departments would have clarity of each other’s outlines through a centralised gateway. The multi-modal connectivity will present combined and seamless connectivity for the mobility of people, goods and services. “On the auspicious occasion of Maha Ashtami, tomorrow, 13th October at 11 AM, the PM GatiShakti – National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity will be launched. Here are the details about why this initiative is special,” PM Modi tweeted on Tuesday.
On the auspicious occasion of Maha Ashtami, tomorrow, 13th October at 11 AM, the PM GatiShakti – National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity will be launched. Here are the details about why this initiative is special. https://t.co/KKE07VxfYF
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 12, 2021
The PMO announced that GatiShakti is based on the six principles of comprehensiveness, prioritisation, optimisation, synchronisation, and analytical and dynamic. It will produce large-scale employment opportunities, cut logistics expenses, enhance supply chains and make local goods ambitious globally.
Remarking that infrastructure production suffered in the nation for decades from complicated issues, including a coordination deficit between various departments, the PMO mentioned the example of newly-constructed roads being dug up by other agencies for activities like laying of underground cables, gas pipelines etc. “This not only caused great inconvenience but was also a wasteful expenditure,” the PMO said, adding that measures have been put in place to improve coordination.
The PMO added that steps had been taken to discuss other issues such as a time-taking approval process, multiplicity of regulatory clearances, etc. It stated that the government had assured unprecedented centre on infrastructure in the last seven years through a holistic outlook.
Rather than proposing and outlining separately in silos, the projects will now be planned and performed with a shared vision and consolidate the infrastructure projects of different ministries and state governments like Bharatmala, Sagarmala and inland waterways, the PMO stated.
According to the PMO, GatiShakti is the aftermath of PM Modi’s relentless effort to develop next-generation infrastructure, enhancing the ease of living and managing a business.
GatiShakti will give the public and the business community information concerning future connectivity projects, other business hubs, industrial areas and the neighbouring environment and permit the investors to prepare their businesses at suitable locations, heading to enhanced synergies, the PMO stated.
