The Gati And The Shakti

 Writing on the occasion of PM’s birthday, Union road and highways minister says the speed and scale of infrastructure-building owe much to Modi’s inspiring leadership

- Nitin Gadkari

Since 2014, when Narendra Modi embarked upon his journey as Prime Minister to create a self-sufficient nation, where all sections of society have access to basic amenities, the speed and scale of development have become the hallmark of a new, rising India.

Having succeeded to a great extent in instilling a culture of efficiency, transparency, faster and smoother last mile delivery of services, this government wanted to scale greater heights with better coordination and synergies among various Union ministries and state governments, with a moto of ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’, envisioning India as a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25.

In 2021, the PM launched ‘PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan’. ‘Gati’ of infrastructure was to be given greater ‘shakti’ in building a new India. “With the resolve of Aatmanirbhar Bharat, the foundation of India for the next 25 years is being laid … We have not only developed a work culture of completing the projects in time but efforts are to complete the projects ahead of time,” the PM had said.

This also showed how India was determined to make rapid strides after fighting the pandemic crisis, which had disrupted all development activities in the country.