The 66th meeting of the Network Planning Group (NPG) convened under the chairpersonship of Additional Secretary of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Rajeev Singh Thakur, in a significant stride towards enhancing India's infrastructure landscape. 

According to a press release by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the meeting, held in New Delhi, evaluated three projects from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and two projects from the Ministry of Railways (MoR), with a focus on integrated planning and regional socio-economic upliftment.

The deliberations of the meeting shed light on key infrastructure initiatives aimed at bolstering connectivity and driving economic growth across various regions of the country. The projects assessed by the NPG spanned crucial areas such as roadway enhancements and railway expansions, each designed to address specific transportation challenges and facilitate smoother movement of goods and people, read the press release.

The first project under scrutiny pertained to the upgradation of NH 216H in Andhra Pradesh, a Brownfield project aimed at enhancing connectivity between Pedana and Laxmipuram over a stretch of approximately 120.85 kilometers.