India Sees Radical Change In Transport Infrastructure Over The Last 10 Years

New Delhi: India has witnessed an unparalleled scale of infrastructure construction during the last decade, pushed via the luck of a holistic and built-in way below primary nationwide tasks like PRAGATI, PM GatiShakti, the National Logistics Policy, Bharatmala, Sagarmala, and UDAN, in keeping with an respectable document launched on Wednesday. 

The document encapsulates the speedy transformation that has taken position within the nation’s delivery infrastructure around the highways, railways, maritime and civil aviation sectors of the financial system at the again of huge investments made via the Central govt within the final 10 years.

The document highlights that PM GatiShakti unified making plans throughout 44 ministries and 36 states/United states of americaon a GIS-based platform. Launched in 2021, the PM GatiShakti nationwide grasp plan is a complete initiative to give a boost to multimodal infrastructure connectivity throughout India’s financial zones. Rs 100 lakh crore is being successfully utilised thru this built-in platform. Anchored on seven key sectors — railways, roads, ports, waterways, airports, mass delivery, and logistics infrastructure — it promotes synchronised construction throughout ministries and state governments.

The duration of India’s nationwide highways community greater via 60 in keeping with cent from 91,287 km to 1,46,204 km all over the decade, with the tempo of freeway building accelerating to 34 km/day from 11.6 km/day in 2014. There is a rise of 6.4 occasions within the Centre’s funding in street infrastructure between 2013-14 and 2024-25. The street delivery and freeway price range has shot up via 570 in keeping with cent from 2014 to 2023-24.

The price range for Indian Railways has greater via greater than 9 occasions since 2014. The upper funding is mirrored within the creation of latest Vande Bharat semi-high-speed trains protecting 24 states/United states of americaat the side of 333 districts. A complete of 68 Vande Bharat Trains are lately operational within the nation, whilst every other 400 world-class Vande Bharat trains are deliberate to be manufactured.

More than 31,000 km of latest tracks had been laid since 2014, and over 45,000 km of tracks had been renewed since 2014. The tempo of electrification of the monitor community has jumped from 5,188 course km between 2004-14 to greater than 45,000 course km being electrified in 2014-25. Electrification has enabled annual financial savings of Rs 2,960 crore for railways (as much as February 2025), making sure higher monetary potency, the document states.

It additional highlights that the rustic’s port capability has doubled to 2,762 MMTPA within the final 10 years, with the full turnaround time for ships making improvements to from 93 to 49 hours. As many as 277 tasks had been finished below Sagarmala within the giant push to port infrastructure.

The document additionally lists primary tasks which have been finished within the ports sector, together with the Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport. Inaugurated on May 2, 2025, via Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this Rs 8,800 crore mission is India’s first devoted container transshipment port. Strategically situated close to world delivery routes, it could actually host the sector’s greatest shipment ships. The port considerably reduces India’s reliance on overseas ports and complements financial task in Kerala.

The New Dry Dock (NDD) at Cochin Shipyard Limited has been built at a value of Rs 1,800 crore, with a duration of 310 meters and a intensity of 13 meters. It is able to dealing with airplane carriers of as much as 70,000 heaps. Besides, a global Ship Repair Facility has been arrange in Cochin.

India’s Inland waterways shipment has risen via 710 in keeping with cent (from 18 MMT to 146 MMT) within the final 10 years. Approval has additionally been given for Rs 5,370 crore funding to enhance the capability of National Waterway-1 (Haldia to Varanasi), this primary inland navigation initiative complements shipment motion at the Ganga River, the document issues out.

The document additionally highlights that new routes and new airports had been added to the civil aviation panorama of the rustic. The selection of airports operational in India has long past from 74 in 2014 to 160 in 2025. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has licensed the revival and construction of unserved and underserved airports at a complete value of Rs 4,500 crore. In addition, the Expenditure Finance Committee additionally licensed an quantity of Rs 1,000 crore for the advance of 50 extra airports, heliports and water aerodromes below the UDAN scheme. 

This flagship scheme, introduced in June 2016 to create inexpensive, but economically viable and winning air commute on regional routes, has been a large luck with over 1.51 crore passengers having flown on those regional flights, the document added.