Setu Bharatam is a program launched by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways with the aim of making all national highways free of railway level crossings by 2019 (original target, though implementation is ongoing) by constructing railway overpasses and underpasses. 'Setu' means bridge.
"Setu Bharatam" project is connected with which of the following transport sectors ?
Asked in PPSC CS Prelims 2018 · Topic: Tertiary Sector (Infrastructure Services: Transport, Logistics, Communication and their role in economic development)
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