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Infra projects of Rs.2 lakh cr to be launched: Gadkari
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SME Times News Bureau | 13 Sep, 2014
Having removed bottlenecks in their path, the government is soon to
launch infrastructure projects worth Rs.200,000 crore ($32.9 billion),
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadari said Friday.
"We
have cleared bottlenecks. Now this year we will launch projects worth
Rs.2 lakh crore," Gadkari said, addressing the annual convention here of
the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
This
amount will be invested in projects during the rest of the year, while
infratsructure investment worth Rs.150,000 crore, held up earler by
regulatory hurdles, have already been cleared, Gadkari said.
"It
is easy to construct express highways but difficult to get environment
clearance. However, we are removing hurdles. We have cleared projects
worth Rs.1.5 lakh crore," he added.
"We are fast-tracking the
decision making and weeding out corruption and red-tapism from
government functioning besides introducing innovation," the minister
said.
There was no shortage of funds for projects and the
ministry could mobilise more through securitisation of toll revenues of
around Rs.180,000 crore in 15 years, besides raising funds through
infrastructure bonds worth Rs.10,000 crore, Gadkari said.
He
said the ministry is exploring the construction of 200,000 km of roads,
including highways, through the public-private-partnership (PPP) mode.
Gadkari
also said the draft for the new Motor Vehicles Act, to be called the
Road Transport Act and expected to be passed in the winter session of
parliament, will be launched on the ministry's website by Saturday,
inviting suggestions from stakeholders.
"The present Motor
Vehicles Act has turned obsolete and the new draft has been prepared
incorporating the best practises in six advanced nations - US, Japan,
Germany, UK, Singapore and Australia," he said.
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