Bharatmala
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bharatmala is a name given to ambitious road and highways project of Modi Government.[1] The project will start from Gujarat and Rajasthan, move to Punjab and then cover the entire string of Himalayan states - Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand - and then portions of borders of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar alongside Terai, and move to Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and right up to the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur and Mizoram.[1]
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Finance
The project would need an investment of around ₹500 billion (US$7.4 billion).[2]
Progress
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has prepared a draft Cabinet note on the ₹2.6 lakh crore (US$39 billion) Bharat Mala project that envisages construction of 25,000 km of roads along India's borders, coastal areas, ports, religious and tourist places as well as over 100 district headquarters.[3]
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