New Delhi, May 17 (Inditop.com) Following are the highlights of the annual infrastructure upgradation targets set by the Planning Commission Monday:
— India to add 20,359 MW to current capacity of power generation
— Total power generation target set at 830,769 million units, of which 13.8 percent will come from private players
— 17,500 villages will be electrified, 47 million poor families to get electricity
— To construct 2,500 km highways in 2010-11 as against 2008.93 km in the previous fiscal
— Contracts will be awarded for 9,000 km highways in the current fiscal
— Roads and highway construction will cost Rs.35,680.86 crore, of which Rs.21,256 crore will be contributed by private firms
— Rural roads outlay set at Rs.22,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana for constructing 19,090 km of new roads and upgradation of 15,000 km, providing connectivity to 6,000 habitations
— Railways will add about 18,000 wagons, 4,000 coaches and add 1,019 km of new lines during this fiscal to facilitate faster movement of goods and passengers
— 21 port upgradation projects are set to be awarded in the current fiscal
— 168.45 million tonnes of port capacity to be added, plans to attract private investment worth Rs.13,891 crore
–Government wants private firms to invest Rs.2,635 crore in developing airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore
