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World Bank calls for more road development
World Bank has reported that India needs to invest more of GDP in infrastructure in order to sustain its levels of growth in the medium term and to spread the benefits more widely.
The World Bank report indicates how the support from the Bank has helped the country’s transport sector. It has supported Andhra Pradesh to upgrade state highways, to upgrade rail and road connectivity in Mumbai, improve road networks in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Orissa, Punjab, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, and upgrade rural roads in select districts of Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh under the scheme for national and multistate projects.
Under the same scheme, the bank’s assistance has been made available to construct a section of the Golden Quadrilateral in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar such as Allahabad Bypass Project and Lucknow-Muzaffarpur National Highway Project.
Contact: The World Bank. Tel: 202 473 1000. Fax: 202 477 6391. Website: www.worldbank.org
World Bank has reported that India needs to invest more of GDP in infrastructure in order to sustain its levels of growth in the medium term and to spread the benefits more widely. The World Bank report indicates how the support from the Bank has helped the country’s transport sector. It has supported Andhra Pradesh to upgrade state highways, to upgrade rail and road connectivity in Mumbai, improve road networks in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Orissa, Punjab, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, and upgrade rural roads in select districts of Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh under the scheme for national and multistate projects. Under the same scheme, the bank’s assistance has been made available to construct a section of the Golden Quadrilateral in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar such as Allahabad Bypass Project and Lucknow-Muzaffarpur National Highway Project. Contact: The World Bank. Tel: 202 473 1000. Fax: 202 477 6391. Website: www.worldbank.org