~ The event witnessed
National, 9th December 2017 (GPN) : Moneycontrol, India’s leading financial platform organized ‘India’s Road Ahead’, a special on ground conference held today, at ITC Grand Central, Mumbai. The event was graced by Honorable Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari ji, Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, who also took the podium as the keynote speaker at the event. The conference witnessed attendance by many leaders, veterans and stalwarts from the construction and infrastructure industries.
Speaking about the developments in the country, Shri Nitin Gadkari ji shared his ambitious and innovative transport projects. He said, “A strong network of roadways directly contributes towards the prosperity and economic growth in the country. Following through our goals and objectives, we have flagged-off multiple projects and signed deals with various infrastructure and construction companies. This step is taken towards delivering our primary goal to ensure that there is great connectivity across the country. The idea is also to create a wealth of quality employment opportunities for the young generation, in the sector.”
Important points discussed by
· Delhi’s National Expressway
· Delhi-Meerut expressway
· Leh-Ladak tunnel project
· Aim to give employment to 1
· Intend to create a garden
· Looking forward to bring
· Sagar Mala has an outlay of
· Constructing 20 tunnels in
· There is an investment of
The event gave impetus to conversations around the next phase of the country’s development. The future of India’s roadways was discussed at length during a riveting panel discussion among Industry veterans such as Rajat Gupta – McKinsey, Shri Sudhir Hoshing (Jt MD IRB), S.G.Paretkar, director, AFCONS, Kiran Kurundkar – Joint MD, MSRDC, Samruddhi project, CP Joshi – Secretary of Roads, PWD, Indranil Pan, Chief Economist, IDFC Bank.
Gautam Shelar, Business Head, moneycontrol commented, “With the road networks inadvertently defining the future of our country, we felt it was imperative to bring all the key-players from the industry on a single platform to ideate, discuss innovations, technology and chalk out a path for the future. The on-ground conference received an overwhelming response from the participants. The discussions have brought forth new information, which will assist the industry in moving forward. We thank Shri Nitin Gadkari ji and other leaders to participate in the conference and make it a grand success.”
As per the objective, the event gave an impetus to conversations around the next phase of the country’s development and brought up an impactful panel discussion among the industry veterans on topics like ‘Achievements on the road front’ with focus on North East roads, land acquisition, tunneling, road building and financing and ‘Advantage India: Unlocking India’s wealth potential,’ to recognize key practices that benefit the country at large.
Important highlights
Sudhir Hoshing, Joint
· Real change in
Rajat Gupta, Senior Partner,
· We still have a long way to
· We should start thinking
Indranil Pan, Group Economist,
· It’s wrong to compare India’
Kiran Kurundkar, Managing
· Five locations on Samruddhi
· Samruddhi expressway a
CP Joshi, Secretary, Road,
· Maharashtra is one of the