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COVER STORY

If we have to describe the year 2021 in one word, it would
definitely be the year of RESURGENCE. Why is that so? Well, the
year marked many firsts for our country. We rolled out the world’s
largest vaccination drive, which involved many challenges to
encounter to achieve the target. But by the year end, we managed
to administer a record 150 crore doses to the citizens. While the
second wave of the pandemic wreaked havoc for the economy
and citizens once again, we managed to get back on track in no
time. The government, on its part, launched various pathbreaking
initiatives for the construction sector to get back to normalcy and
drive the economic wheels of the country. Some of the remarkable
policy interventions that are worth mentioning include the launch
of National Monetization Plan, Mission Gati Shakti, National
Infrastructure Pipeline, etc. The same year also witnessed the
country achieving the record road building pace of 37 km of
highways a day. The government’s concerted efforts on bringing
back the engines of growth with infrastructure as the ‘Nerve Center of
Growth’ reflect best times to come for India Inc. We are moving into
a ‘Resurgent India’ phase where everyone from the smallest players
to startups and large conglomerates are taking the inspiring India
growth story ahead. The cover story captures the essence of what
went by and what lies ahead for the country to become a $5 trillion
economy in the coming times and make a mark for itself writes,
PRERNA SHARMA.

Many records broken, many still to achieved…
 Construction of 2.5 km long 4 lane Concrete pavement at
Delhi-Vadodara expressway section within 24 hours
 In February 2021, Patel Infrastructure Limited, a contractor of National Highway
Authority of India (NHAI) created a world record by laying the highest quantity of concrete
on a four-lane highway in 24 hours. The record was set for laying of Pavement Quality Concrete
(PQC) for a four-lane highway of 2,580 meters length within 24 hours.
 26 km long single lane bitumen road of Solapur- Bijapur section of NH-52 built just in 21 hours
 Intelligent Transport System on Eastern peripheral expressways (EPE) rolled out
 Elevated corridor built on Nagpur – Jabalpur highway for wildlife preservation
 4m high steel wall at NH through Khawasa-Seoni wild life sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh which would absorb light and
sound of passing vehicles
 LIDAR technology for DPR preparation
 Machine Control Technology to be used in in construction of Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway
 Network Survey Vehicle (NSV), Mobile Bridge Inspection Unit (MBIU) for Inventory survey
 Use of Malaysian and Singapore technology, use of steel fibers in deck slab for increase of span length
 The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) of India built the world’s highest road in eastern Ladakh, at a height of 19,300 ft.
The road was built at a greater elevation than the Mount Everest Base Camps in Nepal, where the South Base Camp is at
17,598 ft and the North Base Camp is at 16,900 ft. The road was built at a considerably higher height than the Siachen
Glacier, which stands at 17,700 ft. The Khardung La Pass near Leh is 17,582 ft above sea level.
Source: PIB

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