Archive · 19 Dec 2025
NPG Reviews Eight Major Infra Projects
The Network Planning Group (NPG) had a meeting to look at eight big projects to make travel and moving goods easier.
These projects include building new train tracks and widening a road.
The new train tracks will help more trains run on time and carry more people and goods like coal and steel.
One of the projects is to make a road in Andhra Pradesh wider, which will make trips faster and cheaper.
The goal is to make traveling and shipping things more efficient and help the economy grow.
The 105th NPG meeting reviewed eight major infrastructure projects under PM GatiShakti.
Seven rail projects and one road project were evaluated for connectivity and logistics efficiency.
Key rail proposals include third and fourth railway lines on high-density corridors and track doubling projects.
The road project involves widening National Highway NH-544D from Vinukonda to Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.
Projects aim to reduce congestion, cut travel time, and deliver socio-economic benefits.
- Who
- Network Planning Group (NPG)
- What
- Reviewed eight major infrastructure projects under PM GatiShakti
- When
- Friday (105th meeting)
- Where
- India
- Why
- To strengthen multimodal connectivity and improve logistics efficiency
- Meeting
- 105th Network Planning Group (NPG) meeting
- Projects Reviewed
- Eight major infrastructure projects (seven rail, one road)
- Key Rail Proposals
- Third and fourth railway lines on high-density corridors, track doubling projects
- Road Project
- Upgradation of National Highway NH-544D from Vinukonda to Guntur
- Expected Benefits
- Reduced congestion, cut travel time, socio-economic benefits, improved logistics efficiency
- Chaired By
- Joint Secretary, Logistics, DPIIT