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Action plan introduced to accelerate PM Gati Shakti scheme's progress
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IANS | 25 Jan, 2023
An action plan was introduced to accelerate the PM Gati Shakti scheme's
progress in the meeting of the Group of Infrastructure Committee on
Tuesday to address existing inter-ministerial issues with regard to
implementation of various infrastructure projects.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari chaired the 10th meeting of the committee.
Officials
said that several issues were placed on the agenda for deliberation to
expedite the progress of ongoing infrastructure projects. These included
issues related to pending forest and environment clearances,
facilitation of working approvals, and ensuring land allocation or
transfer and release of funds.
Discussions were also held on
policy matters related to environment/forest/wildlife clearance,
railways and power, among others. Environment clearances and land
policies of Railways and the Ministry and making comprehensive
guidelines for environment and forest clearance were also discussed at
length.
The officers concerned were directed to expedite the
process of clearance and implementation of above matters. The
stakeholder Ministries/Departments agreed to look into various issues
raised and resolve the same in order to expedite infrastructure
projects.
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal,
Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology
Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Bhupender Yadav, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Gen
V.K. Singh (retd), Minister of State for Power Krishan Pal Gurjar,
Minister of State for Ports, Shipping, and Waterways Shripad Naik, and
Minister of State for Defence and Tourism Ajay Bhatt participated in the
meeting.
Senior officers from the ministries concerned, the
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), National Highways and
Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) and representatives
from states attended the meeting.
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