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Key Points

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Launched in October 2021, the plan aims for coordinated transport building.

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It brings together data from 58 ministries on one Geographic Information System platform.

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By 2026 the system contained over 23,000 data layers and 230 approved data sets.

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It has evaluated 396 projects, approving 256 and starting 198 of them.

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Summary

It uses a giant digital map called a Geographic Information System to show where projects should go.

More than fifty‑eight government departments and all states are sharing the same information.

The plan has already looked at almost four hundred projects worth a lot of money.

One example is a 699‑kilometre express road that avoids cutting into forests.

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New Words to Learn

6 words
multimodal
using many kinds of transport like roads, trains and boats
Geographic Information System
a big computer map that stores lots of place information
data layers
different pieces of information stacked on a map
inter‑ministerial
different government departments working together
evaluation
checking and studying projects
expressway
a very fast road for long trips
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