BIOGRAPHY
Nitin Gadkari was born on 27th May 1957 in a Maharashtrian family with roots in
agriculture the orange-city Nagpur.
Gadkari’s mother left a huge influence on his life.
He imbibed and always practiced his mother’s kind-hearted and philanthropic nature
of helping the needy even if it cut a hole in their modest resources.
By the mid-seventies the optimism of the early years of Independence was replaced
with disillusionment. Disenchantment was building up among various sections of the
society. The imposition of Emergency in 1975 only precipitated the angst of a
betrayed populace. The extent of excesses carried out by the government then,
shook Gadkari out of his comfort zone. As a student, he aggressively campaigned
against the Emergency.
Gadkari got involved very closely with the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS)
and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and took to social work in a big
way. He was particularly inspired by the RSS founder K. B. Hedgewar’s ideals of
Humanity and Nation Building.
Political belief
Antyodaya means uplifting of the weakest section of the society. As a follower of Dr
Deen Dayal Upadhyay’s Integral Humanism and trusteeship, Gadkari Ji has always
believed that politics is an instrument of socio-economic change.
A politicians duty is to serve the poor and underprivileged. These ideals have always
reflected in his governance models.
Under his leadership the Maharashtra BJP contributed in the Annadata Sukhi Bhava
Yojana of a Voluntary Organisation and reached out to the widows of those farmers
who have committed suicides.
Believing roads to be the gateway to prosperity of Mr. Gadkari gave top priority to
constructing roads to tackle the problem of tribal malnutrition in Melghat – Dharni belt
of Amaravati district and provided all- weather connectivity to the 91 remote villages
of the belt. Malnutrition has decreased drastically and socio-economic conditions of
the people elevated.
This activity was adopted in Vidarbha and other parts of Maharashtra and around
126.05 lakh cubic metre material was extracted, creating 12,605 TCM water storage
capacity in the state, saving about Rs 187 crore of the state government.
Karyakarta
As the youngest National BJP President (karyakarta) of the party Shri Nitin Gadkari,
extensively travelled across the country and led an attack on the then UPA
government with respect to the issues like inflation, corruption and scams of the UPA
government.
He went on an extensive tour of the North-East, addressing rallies in Arunachal
Pradesh and Nagaland and prepared a vision document for the North-East for
overall development of the region with main thrust on infrastructure, education,
power and health sectors.
He also introduced a systematic training program for the cadre of the party. His
tenure as the Party President is seen as a one of the most successful tenures.
with the depleting levels of fossil fuels, the emerging energy
crises is a global cause of concern. Identifying this need well in
advance, Shri Nitin Gadkari started working in the field of
renewable energy and has patronized several innovative
projects since. His visionary patronage led to the creation of
innovative solutions which are not only empirically proven
correct but also are economically viable reality.
PUBLIC SERVICE AS A MINISTER IN
GOI
Shri Gadkari Ji is one of the senior most members of the Shri Narendra Modi Ji’s
government, is seen as a man of the masses, an accomplished social reformer, an
adroit statesman & administrator. A seasoned politician, Gadkari has earned for
himself the distinction of being a visionary thinker and deft executor.
During 2018-19, projects in about 5,494 km length were awarded and completion
was achieved in about 10,855 km length of roads. The rate of development of roads
has increased significantly from about 11.7 km during 2013-14 to about 30 km now.
Projects for 3211 km length have been awarded and 5958 km length has been
constructed till November 2019.
National Highways (NHs) length has increased from 91,287 km in April, 2014 to
about 1,32,500 km. as on 31.12.2019.
The Ministry has proposed to develop additional 60,000 kms of National Highways in
the next five years, of which 2500 km are Express Ways/Access Controlled
Highways, 9000 kms Economic Corridors, 2000 kms for Coastal and Port
Connectivity Highways and 2000 kms Border Road/ Strategic Highways. The
Ministry also intends to improve connectivity for 100 tourist destinations and
construct Bypasses for 45 towns/cities during this period.
With a view to augmenting sources of funding for NH projects, the NHAI intends to
raise Rupees one lakh crore through Toll-Operate-Transfer (TOT) Model of asset
monetization in the next five years.
PROGRESS OF MAJOR PROGRAMMES/ LANDMARK PROJECTS
The work of major bridge across Sharavathi backwaters, approaches between
Ambargodu and Kalasvali in Karnataka and 16 packages of Trans Rajasthan
Highways project have been awarded.
A three-lane underpass inaugurated at Parade Road junction near Manekshaw
Centre on NH 8 in New Delhi on 12.07.2019. With opening of this underpass,
movement of traffic from Airport to Dhaula Kuan has become signal free.
Dasna-Hapur section of Delhi-Meerut Expressway (package-3) in Uttar Pradesh’s
Pilakhuwa
was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Minister, Shri Nitin Gadkari on 30th September,
2019. The completion of this section is expected to further help in decongesting the
National Capital Region, bring down pollution levels and reduce travel time
significantly.
The integrated bus ports in Cuttack (Odisha) and in Baddi (Himachal Pradesh) have
been approved and the DPRs thereon are under progress.
NATIONAL ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION (NETC) PROGRAM
In order to save fuel, time and pollution and to ensure seamless movement of traffic,
it was decided to enable all lanes in Fee Plazas for electronic toll collection program
through FASTags. The Tolling systems would create a digital experience of
seamless tolling for all the Highway users
DISCOURAGING THE USE OF ‘SINGLE-USE PLASTIC’
Shri Gadkari Ji directed all offices/officers/staff to stop use of ‘Single-Use Plastic’ in
office premises, and also to use locally produced environment-friendly products such
as Kulhads, clay glasses/plates etc. in place of harmful plastic products.
THE MOTOR VEHICLES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019
This Act has ensured citizen facilitation, transparency, and reduced corruption with
the help of information technology and removing intermediaries. It further
strengthened public transport, safeguarded and protected Good Samaritan and
reformed the insurance and compensation regime. It has allowed innovation and
new technologies such as driverless vehicles, to be tested in live environment and
increase efficiency in research.
The Act facilitated Divyang by allowing motor vehicles to be converted to adapted
vehicles with post-facto approval and facilitating licence to drive adapted vehicles.
The provisions of compensation and post – accident treatment have been amended
and measures will be taken provide cashless treatment for accident victims.
As Public Works Department (PWD) Minister, Maharashtra,
as PWD Minister of Maharashtra, Gadkari played a crucial role in expediting the
construction of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.[30] In 1990, the Government of
Maharashtra conducted feasibility studies for the new expressway to be operated on
a toll basis, however, it was only after Gadkari took over as PWD Minister[31] that the
construction of this project was fast-tracked. Gadkari entrusted the work of the
construction of Mumbai-Pune expressway to MSRDC in March 1997 on Build-
Operate-Transfer basis with permission to collect toll for 30 years. The tender
notice[32] was published in leading newspapers all over India and also on the Internet.
Due to the wide publicity, 133 tenders were sold and on 18 December 1997, 55
tenders were received. After technical and financial evaluation, tenders were
accepted and work orders were given on 1 January 1998 to four contractors.
Thereafter tenders for widening of the Khandala and Lonavala-Khandala bypass
works were invited. The tenders were received on 24 August 1998 and orders were
issued on 4 September 1998. The first sections of the Expressway opened in 2000,
and the entire route was completed, opened to traffic and made fully operational
from April 2002.
The other major achievement of Gadkari as state minister[33] was the construction of
55 flyovers in Mumbai, which eased the city traffic problems significantly.
Slogan
Abki Baar 400 Paar- 2024
For the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party-
led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), seeking a record third term, has
set a target of winning 400 seats. The target for BJP alone is 370 seats.
The ruling alliance is challenged by the opposition parties led by the
Congress under the banner of the INDIA bloc.
