Dr N. Anandavalli

Civil engineering plays an important role in nation building. It involves the design, construction and maintenance of the nation’s lifelines –roads, railways, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, tunnels, structural components or buildings and machines. Civil engineering is all about planning and preparing for the unexpected.

The budget of FY 2022-23 earmarked a 35% increase in the capital expenditure as compared to the FY 2021-22, which is 2.9% of Indian GDP. Under the instrument ‘PM GatiShakti’, there arenationalmaster plans to spend much of the capital expenditure for infrastructure development in the seven engines of growth – Roads, Railways, Airports, Mass transport, Ports, Waterways and Logistics. This will be complimented by energy transmission, IT communication, bulk water and sewerage as well as social infrastructure. This is a transformative approach to economic growth of the country through world-class modern infrastructure and logistics. Apart from higher growth, expansion in infrastructure will also create more jobs…read more on NOPR