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Bharat Mala: Narendra Modi's ambitious project!

By:  Tupaki Desk   |   30 April 2015 9:27 AM GMT
Bharat Mala: Narendra Modis ambitious project!
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his ambitious project 'Bharat Mala' which is on the lines of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 'Golden Quadrilateral'.

'Bharat Mala' is a road built along India's land boarder from Gujarat to Mizoram connecting to the road network in coastal states from Maharashtra to Bengal. As its like garlanding the Indian territory, Such a name was chosen for it.

The project which is going to be launched by the end of 2015 will be completed within the next 5 years and Rs 14,000 crore has been allotted for it.

Building roads along the west-to-east land borders covers a distance of 5,300 km. The project starts from Gujarat & Rajasthan, then covers Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur and Mizoram. Bharat Mala is an attempt to strengthen road connectivity in border areas.