Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday, India to get 100 more airports by 2024 under the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) regional connectivity scheme. During her speech for union budget 2020-21, Sitharaman said Rs 1.7 lakh crore has been provided for transport infrastructure in 2020- 21.
Finance Minister said 1,150 trains will run under the public private partnership (PPP) mode. Also four stations will be redeveloped with the help of the private sector. She promised for more Tejas type trains to connect tourist destinations.
The Minister also said of a proposal for setting up large solar power capacity alongside rail track is under consideration.
In her budget speech two other major infrastructure announcements were also made, One is the proposed completion of the Delhi-Mumbai expressway by 2023 and 2nd one,the launch of a Chennai-Bengaluru expressway.
