Srinagar, Jan. 28 -- Since Independence, infrastructure has shaped India's idea of progress. The vision was clear: railways would bind distant regions, highways would carry commerce across states, dams would anchor energy and irrigation, and power lines would bring light to the farthest villages. As projects grew larger, they also grew more entangled. Land waited for clearance, clearances waited for designs, designs waited for utilities to shift, and utilities waited for approvals buried in another office, another jurisdiction, another file. Each delay had a reason, each reason had an owner, and yet no one truly owned the outcome. For years, many projects lived fragmented lives which were reviewed in isolation, explained in hindsight, and...