The Prime Minister of India has emphasized the importance of finding new approaches to achieve the country’s goals, citing poor connectivity and expensive logistic costs as obstacles to business progress. He highlights the need for infrastructure upgrades, stating that India cannot achieve rapid development with outdated infrastructure. The government has witnessed significant advancements in terms of speed and scale of development.
The Prime Minister mentioned that highways, expressways, economic corridors, and industrial corridors are creating a network. Two-lane and four-lane highways are being expanded to four and six lanes, respectively. Speaking at an event, he recognized the significant contributions of Telangana and its people to India’s history, despite being a relatively new state of nine years.
Telangana’s highway network has grown twofold, expanding from 2,500 km to 5,000 km, and there are around 2,500 km of national highways under various stages of development in the state. Telangana is playing a crucial role in connecting surrounding economic centers through dozens of under-construction corridors as part of the Bharatmala project.
The Prime Minister also highlighted the manufacturing sector’s role in employment generation, particularly for the youth, mentioning the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme designed to boost manufacturing in India. He noted that over 50 major projects are being implemented in Telangana under this scheme.
