PRAGATI and Rail Infrastructure in Mizoram
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Varun Adhikari
Contd from last Saturday
For a project long on the margins, this brought authority, accountability, and real-time scrutiny to every pending issue and interagency bottleneck. After this meeting decisions aligned, and progress followedshowing how governance often determines outcomes.
The PRAGATI review meeting of March 2016 fundamentally altered the project’s trajectory.Under this framework, problems could no longer be examined in isolation or deferred indefinitely. The severely deteriorated condition of NH-06 was no longer considered external to the railway’s mandate. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways was directed to undertake repair and improvement works, with clear timelines and continuous monitoring.
(To be contd)
Contd from last Saturday
For a project long on the margins, this brought authority, accountability, and real-time scrutiny to every pending issue and interagency bottleneck. After this meeting decisions aligned, and progress followedshowing how governance often determines outcomes.
The PRAGATI review meeting of March 2016 fundamentally altered the project’s trajectory.Under this framework, problems could no longer be examined in isolation or deferred indefinitely. The severely deteriorated condition of NH-06 was no longer considered external to the railway’s mandate. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways was directed to undertake repair and improvement works, with clear timelines and continuous monitoring.
(To be contd)