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Posted: Jan 30 2017 (14:52)
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Rang De Basanti^ 138872 news posts
He made a pitch for port-led development which is “crucial” for higher economic growth.
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Transportation by road & air mode is costliest as well as most environmentally damaging and on the other hand transportation over inland water and rails is cheapest. Unfortunately three fourth of total national goods are transported by road/air and only 25% by rail/waterways. (At the time of independence it was a very healthy 89% for Railways!)
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With govt. investing very heavily over road infrastructure with about 25km new roads being constructed per day as against only 7-8 km for railways, the proportion shall continue to get skewed in favour of road and...
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With govt. investing very heavily over road infrastructure with about 25km new roads being constructed per day as against only 7-8 km for railways, the proportion shall continue to get skewed in favour of road and...
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