Atal Bihari Vajpayee : The Bhishma Pitamah of Indian politics
31-Dec-2024
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Prabhat Kishore
Contd from previous issue
The Vajpayee government introduced several new schemes in the infrastructure and educational sectors. National Highway Development Project (NHDP) and Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) have been planned & implemented.
In the first phase of NHDP, 5846 KM long Golden Quadrilateral (SwarnimChaturbhuj) for connecting four Metro cities namely Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai & Mumbai with 4/6 lane expressway has been built.
In the second phase of NHDP, 4000 KM long North-South Corridor connecting Srinagar to Kanyakumari and 3300 KM long East-West Corridor connecting Porbandar to Silchar has been constructed.
PMGSY is the infrastructure plan to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages.
(To be contd)