September 28, 2012
Infrastructure
is not just a fancy term for growth and development but undoubtedly the
lifeline of modern economy. Can we imagine life today without the key
infrastructure components like Roads & Bridges, Power, Oil & Gas,
Telecom, Aviation, Ports & Shipping or Railways? And if not, then let us
collectively look forward to see how these key infrastructure elements, that is
our life line today, can be developed for further growth and development.
There
is no bigger news than infrastructure in India today. Beyond the Vision 20:20 at
the policy level, lies the fact that the Indian growth story that the world is
looking forward to with great anticipation cannot be achieved without
infrastructure growth in this part of the world. No wonder, infrastructure had
never been under so much of public scrutiny and hence there is a need to track
the real growth, bottlenecks, challenges, issues and concerns.
When we
wanted to take our success of narrowcast media venture with Track2Realty to the
next level, it was quite obvious that urban development and overall Indian
infrastructure was our next milestone. After all, infrastructure is the
defining point for India to transform from a developing nation to developed
nation. The collective consciousness is also getting aspirational on the need
of better infrastructure. Thus, as a responsible media group it is also our
responsibility to shape the public psyche at large.
The
Indian media, by and large, has often failed to focus as much on the
infrastructure sector as it is needed. This vacuum demands an infrastructure
think-tank platform, something that doesn’t mind going against the collective
consciousness if it is not shaped by ground reality. This is where Track2Infra
aims to position itself as a news platform with a clear focus on identifying
the infrastructure, its policies, plan, agenda, roadblocks and challenges. Our
focus will be more on channelizing the public perception for taking it up with
the power centre, at times even through overt policy advocacy.
Advocacy
and activism will be very much part of Track2Infra, and we may be rubbing the
government and leading players in the sector the wrong way on occasion more
than one. But then the team of Track2Media that has been behind conceptualizing
the news project believes that the real journalism is not about asking the
sweet questions, getting the sweet answers and filing the sweet copies. We are
coming in the fray with a serious approach and intent to be whistle blowers as
well.
…….to be continued
