The railways have also designed and fabricated a new wagon specifically for transport of salt, which will lead to a 40 per cent increase in the carrying capacity.
Referring to Sagarmala project under which ports of the country are to be inter-linked, Modi said it must lay stress on “port-led development”—which will include various connectivity elements like ports, international shipping, highways and railways.
Emphasising that there is now no delay in decision-making at the highest level, the Prime Minister said it should now be possible to achieve all infrastructure targets, the statement said.
He urged top officials to undertake cyber-visits of all major project locations at least once a month, so that they could keep track of the progress of work on a real-time basis, it said.
