TIL Desk/Business/Bharuch(Gujarat)-Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced investment of Rs 12,000 crore in upgrading eight state highways to National Highways in Gujarat as part of efforts to boost infrastructure development and job generation in the state. The Prime Minister said the country is going to compete with the world and projects would not be allowed to languish for years.
Bharatmala and Sagarmala projects will together augment India’s infrastructure and projects will not be allowed to languish for years as “India is going to compete with the world”, Modi said after dedicating to the nation a cable-stayed bridge over the Narmada river here.
“Strict timeframes would be adhered to for completing projects while using modern technologies … There are incomplete bridges and structures languishing for 10-15 years,” he said referring to such structures in Varanasi.
Modi said the ambitious Sagarmala project would alone witness an investment of Rs 8 lakh crore and usher in port-led development. Highways network under the Bharatmala project is being laid in a massive way, he said.
