Infrastructure

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The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has inaugurated the Pakyong Airport in Sikkim, the first in the Himalayan State, and the 100th airport in the country.

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has urged the National Highway and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) to make small packages of its road projects and award contracts to local people in the North East region, providing employments.

Odisha state has been allocated Rs.370 crores for upgrading four airports as part of building connectivity and promote tourism.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved 205.5-km line between Budni to Indore (Mangaliyagaon), estimated to cost Rs.3,261.82 crore.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, have launched India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline and Dhaka-Tongi-Joydebpur Railway Project on 18 Sept 2018.

Railway and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal has wished the Tourism Ministry will achieve its US$100 billion foreign tourist arrival receipts a year within the next five years.

The Maharashtra state cabinet has approved two Rs.6,607 crore Metro projects for Mumbai, for which funds will be raised.

The Tourism Ministry has sanctioned two projects under Heritage and North East Circuits of Swadesh Dashan Scheme for Rs.164.95 Crores in Punjab and Tripura.

The 362 km Indore-Manmad New Railway Line Project will cost Rs.8,574.79 crores and constructed within six years. It will result in cumulative net economic benefits of estimated Rs.15,000 crore in the first ten years of operations.