Prime Minister has asked the agencies working in the infrastructure sector to map their projects with water bodies being developed under Amrit Sarovar. Mr Modi said, this would be a win-win situation as the material dugout for the Amrit Sarovars can be utilised for civil works by the agencies.

The Prime Minister chaired the meeting of the 40th edition of PRAGATI today, which is the ICT-based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, involving Centre and State governments. In the meeting, nine agenda items were taken for review including eight projects and one Programme. These eight projects have a cumulative cost of over 59 thousand 900 crore rupees concerning the 14 States. These states are Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.

During the interaction, Prime Minister Modi also reviewed the ‘National Broadband Mission’ Programme.  States and Agencies were asked to leverage the centralised Gati Shakti Sanchar Portal to ensure timely disposal of Right of Way (RoW) applications. He added, that this would expedite the implementation of the Mission and they should work to use technology for enhancing ‘ease of living of the common man.

The Prime Minister further said, States may also formulate State level GatiShakti Master Plan along the lines of PM GatiShakti National Master Plan and constitute state-level units for this purpose. He said, this can go a long way in better planning, identifying and addressing key issues and ensuring better coordination for timely execution of projects.

Till the 39 editions of PRAGATI meetings, 311 projects worth 14 lakh 82 thousand crore rupees have been reviewed.