GATI for raising issues

Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has stressed upon strict adherence to project schedules and called for adopting best practices in project management and construction.

The Minister assured commitment to quality and stressed that he wants zero tolerance towards corruption.

Any inter-ministerial issues holding up a project may be brought to the notice of the Ministry for his intervention to expedite resolution.

Gadkari chaired the first day of the two-day long review meeting of NHAI-Ministry projects with Minister of State Gen (Retd) Dr V.K. Singh, officials from the Ministry, NHAI, NHIDCL and State Authorities in Haryana’s Manesar on 23 Jan 2020.

Projects from the Southern and Central zones that include Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Telangana, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are among those reviewed today.

The Minister also launched online Web Portal ‘GATI’ which has been created by NHAI to raise project issues. It can be accessed from NHAI Website.

The issue will immediately come to the notice of every official of NHAI including top management, and immediate action will be taken by the concerned officer, duly updating on the Portal.

The issues raised in the GATI will be daily monitored by a team of officers in NHAI and will be constantly reviewed by the senior officers of NHAI and the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.

This will bring transparency and speed up the decision making giving real GATI to highway construction.

The review covered 500 projects valued at Rs.3 lakh crore from North-Eastern states, Maharashtra, Uttarkhand, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Laddakh, Haryana, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Uttar Pradesh projects will be reviewed 24 Jan 2020. fiinews.com