Cabinet is clean, track, irrigation works in Infra Push | Mint

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Premier Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved three important infrastructure and farm-linked projects that have been approved more than £ 4,800 crore. This includes a six-lane Zirakpur enclosure in Punjab-Haryana, railroad doubled in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, and the modernization of the command of the Pradh-Mantr. Krishi Synchayee Yojana (PMKSY). An important approval was the construction of an access-controlled Zirakpur zarzel of 19.2 km at a cost of £ 1,878,31 crore to facilitate the traffic congestion in the Chandigarh-Mohali-Panchkula urban. “The project is aimed at withdrawing this strongly built three-junction and improving the connection between Patiala, Delhi, Mohali Aerocity and Himachal Pradesh,” said Ashwini Vaishnaw. The bypass to be built under the hybrid annuity mode will connect NH-7 and NH-5 and is part of the broader Ring Road network planned under the prime minister Gati Shakti framework, the minister said. The Cabinet also cleaned the Tirupati – Pakala – Katpadi Single Railline, which covers 104 km over Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, at a cost of £ 1.332 crore. Once completed, the project is expected to improve passengers and cargo mobility, favoring almost 1.4 million people and 400 towns. It will also travel to religious and tourist hubs such as Tirumala, Sri Kalahasti, Kanipakam and Chandragiri. According to the minister, the Rail Project will also allow an additional 4 million tonnes of load annually, reduce oil consumption by 40 million liters and reduce carbon emissions by 200 million kg – equivalent to planting 10 million trees. In the agricultural sector, the Cabinet also approved the modernization of Commando Development and Water Management (M-CADWM) as a subskema under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Synchai Yojana (PMKSy) for the 2025-26 period with an £ 1,600 crore. The scheme will fund pilot projects across different agro-climatic zones using Challenge fashion funding to states, with the aim of eventually converting it into a national program during the next Finance Commission cycle, which focuses on the modernization of channel-based irrigation networks from April 2026, the scheme will provide underground pipelines underground pipelines. The government also intends to transfer irrigation management to water associations, which will be supported and linked to farmer producers and primary agricultural cooperative associations for at least five years. The move is expected to boost the efficiency of water use, productivity and farmers, while rural youths are drawn to modern farming practices, the minister said.