PM Gati Shakti portal maps key transmission projects across RE-rich states

PM Gati Shakti portal maps key transmission projects across RE-rich states

Subject :Economy

Section :Infrastructure

• The PM Gati Shakti NMP portal provides ‘One-click Comprehensive view’ to steer and simplify the planning and implementation process by reduction of time and cost of implementation in power transmission projects
• PM Gate Shakti NMP would be a game changer providing multi-modal connectivity of infrastructure to various economic zones by leveraging technology extensively, including spatial planning tools with indigenous ISRO imagery developed by BISAG-N, Gujarat, fulfilling the objective of Atmanirbhar Bharat.

About PM GATI SHAKTI Scheme

Aim: To ensure integrated planning and implementation of infrastructure projects in the next four years, with focus on expediting works on the ground, saving costs and creating jobs.

• The Gati Shakti scheme will subsume the Rs 110 lakh crore National Infrastructure Pipeline that was launched in 2019.
• Besides cutting logistics costs, the scheme is also aimed at increasing cargo handling capacity and reducing the turnaround time at ports to boost trade.
• It also aims to have 11 industrial corridors and two new defence corridors – one in Tamil Nadu and other in Uttar Pradesh.
• Extending 4G connectivity to all villages is another aim. Adding 17,000 kms to the gas pipeline network is being planned. It will help in fulfilling the ambitious targets set by the government for 2024-25, including expanding the length of the national highway network to 2 lakh kms, creation of more than 200 new airports, heliports and water aerodromes.

One Sun, One World, One Grid (OSOWOG) or the Green Grid:

• This initiative was announced on the second day of COP26 by India and the United Kingdom to tap solar energy and have it travel seamlessly across borders.
• The vision behind the OSOWOG is ‘The Sun Never Sets’ and is a constant at some geographical location, globally, at any given point of time
• It has been taken up under the technical assistance program of the World Bank.
• The OSOWOG plan may also leverage the International Solar Alliance (ISA), co-founded by India that has 80 countries as members.
• With India in the middle, the solar spectrum can easily be divided into two broad zones, which are:
  • Far East including countries like Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Lao, Cambodia etc.
  • Far West covering the Middle East and the Africa Region.
• The idea behind the concept is a trans-national electricity grid supplying solar power across the globe.
• The initiative brings together the International Solar Alliance and the UK’s green grid initiative and complements India’s focus on harnessing the sun’s energy.