PM launches “Setu Bharatam” – a programme for bridge building to ensure seamless travel on National Highways
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launching the Setu Bharatam for bridge building to ensure seamless travel on National Highways, in New Delhi on March 04, 2016. The Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri Nitin Gadkari and the Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri P. Radhakrishnan are also seen.
The programme aims at making all national highways Railway Level Crossing free by 2019.
208 new “road over bridges / road under bridges” are envisaged for construction, while 1500 bridges will be widened, rehabilitated or replaced.
Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said that the Union Government wishes to make a quantum jump in this direction. Emphasizing the importance of good infrastructure for the development of the country, he said the importance of roads for a nation, is the same as the importance of arteries and veins in the human body.
The Prime Minister spoke of the Government’s initiatives in other infrastructure sectors as well, including railways, irrigation and digital connectivity.
