India has accelerated its pace of infrastructure development since the government launched its Prandan Mantri Gati Shakti National Master plan three years ago, but industry leaders at the Indian Construction Festival held in Mumbai earlier this month noted that more must be done to ensure projects are not just built quickly, but built well.

The $1.2-trillion master plan, launched by the government of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2021, includes an intermodal mix of road, railway, airport, and port and waterways projects aimed at spurring increased economic development across the country. He recently described the master plan as “a transformative initiative aimed at revolutionizing India’s infrastructure” that will drive “faster and more efficient development across sectors,” in a public statement.