Summary
More trucks paid tolls using computers, and the money grew 📱
The country’s internet cables stretched far, reaching many villages 🌐
Airplanes carried more packages, about 12% more ✈️
New power from the sun and wind is helping light homes 🌞
Key Points
5 points1
Highway projects rose by about 63%.
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Electronic toll payments increased by 24%.
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Internet cable length reached over 7.5 lakh kilometres.
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Air cargo grew 12% to 1.86 million tonnes.
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Renewable energy capacity grew 30%.
New Words to Learn
7 wordsinfrastructure
the roads, bridges, electricity, and other big things that help a country work
percentage
a way to talk about a part of 100, like 12 out of every 100
cumulative
adding up over time
renewable energy
energy that comes from the sun, wind, or water and never runs out
locomotive
the big engine that pulls a train
electronic toll collection
paying road fees using computers instead of cash
gram panchayat
a small local government group in a village
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