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Can construction challenges

be faced by women?

Dr.Ambika Behl, CSIR makes a strong statement inviting

women to be part of India’s infrastructure development

The increased road Plan launched to provide for
construction activities coordinated development of
have resulted in transport, seeks to create a
increased demand for system for interconnected and
pavement materials multimodal transportation
and how do we networks.
achieve a balance? Increased connectivity and
Transport and improved road infrastructure
communications are the two developed in the country in
most important components for the recent past has resulted
the development and economic in significant increase in the
growth of a country. Roads are growth of traffic in terms of
one of India’s most important both number of vehicles and
components of transport axle loads. The enhanced
infrastructure. India has a capacity building activities
network of over 6,215,797 have resulted in an increased
kilometres (3,862,317 miles) demand of materials and
of roads as of 1 December thereby allowing depletion of
2021. The allocation for the naturally occurring materials
Ministry of Road Transport and like stone aggregates
Highways saw a hike of 36% and bitumen. The road
with around `2.7 lakh crore for infrastructure sector in India is
2023-24. on boom and so is the concern
to make it environment friendly
The government has and more sustainable.
ambitious plans for India’s
roads. Bharatmala is an We do talk about
umbrella programme of achieving 30%
government for developing reduction in carbon
NHs to improve the movement emissions in road
of freight and passengers construction.
by road. It seeks to bridge
critical infrastructure gaps in India aims to reach net zero
the highway infrastructure. by 2070. Net zero, or becoming
It also seeks to develop 50 carbon neutral, implies not
economic corridors and provide adding greenhouse gases to
connectivity to 550 districts, the atmosphere which is very
and improve the average speed difficult for India to achieve
of road travel. Similarly, the PM looking at the growth &
Gati Shakti National Master development scale taking

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