PM Modi's Mumbai visit: Security beefed up, 4,500 police personnel deployed in western suburbs

Ahead of the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Maharashtra and Karnataka for the major infrastructural push on Thursday the Mumbai Police has deployed its 4500 personnel in the western suburbs as a part of security arrangementThe Mumbai Police has further announced the deployment of four units of State Reserve Police Force SRPF and one unit each of the AntiRiot Squad and Rapid Action Force ahead of the Prime Ministers visit to the stateIn view of the Prime Ministers visit no drone paragliders remote control microlight aircraft flying activities are allowed in the jurisdiction of Bandra Kurla Complex BKC PS Andheri PS Meghwadi PS Jogeshwari Police Station on Jan 19 the Mumbai police said adding that this order will remain in force from 1201 am to 11 pm todayThe Prime Minister will reach Mumbai in the evening to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth around Rs 38800 crores in Mumbai He will inaugurate two lines of the Mumbai Metro and also enjoy a metro rideTo provide seamless urban mobility he will also dedicate to the nation Mumbai Metro Rail Lines 2A and 7 worth around Rs 12600 crore The metro line 2A connecting Dahisar E and DN Nagar yellow line is around 186 km long while metro line 7 connecting Andheri E Dahisar E red line is around 165 km long The Prime Minister had laid the foundation stone of these lines in 2015Also Read PM Modi to visit Mumbai today Check full schedule traffic restrictions hereDuring the visit PM Modi will also launch MUMBAI 1 Mobile App and National Common Mobility Card Mumbai 1 The app will facilitate ease of travel can be shown at the entry gates of metro stations and supports digital payment to buy tickets through UPI The National Common Mobility Card Mumbai 1 will initially be used in metro corridors and can be extended to other modes of mass public transit including local trains and buses as well Commuters will not need to carry multiple cards or cash the NCMC card will enable quick contactless digital transactions thereby easing the process with a seamless experience according to the PMO statementThe Prime Minister will further lay the foundation stone of seven sewage treatment plants which will be built at a cost of around Rs 17200 crore These sewage treatment plants will be set up in Malad Bhandup Versova Ghatkopar Bandra Dharavi and Worli They will have a combined capacity of around 2460 MLDIn an effort to strengthen health care infrastructure in Mumbai PM would also inaugurate 20 Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Aapla Dawakhana This initiative provides essential medical services like health checkups medicines investigations and diagnostics completely free to the people said PMO statementPrime Minister will also lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment of three hospitals in Mumbai viz 360bedded Bhandup Multispeciality Municipal Hospital 306bedded Siddharth Nagar Hospital Goregaon West and 152bedded Oshiwara Maternity HomePrime Minister will start the road concretisation project for around 400 km roads of Mumbai This project will be developed at the cost of about Rs 6100 crore Of the total roads extending to around 2050 km in Mumbai more than 1200 Km of roads are either concretized or are in the process of being concretized However the remaining roads of about 850 km length face challenges of potholes which severely impact transportationThe Prime Ministers Office said the road concretisation project is aimed to overcome this challenge These concrete roads will ensure fast travel along with enhanced security while also providing better drainage facilities and utility ducts will ensure regular digging of roads is avoidedPM will also lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus The redevelopment is planned with a view to decongesting the southern heritage node of the terminus augmentation of facilities better multimodal integration and conserving and restoring the worldfamous iconic structure to its past glory The project will be done at a cost of over Rs 1800 crore Further Prime Minister will also start the transfer of approved loans of over 1 lakh beneficiaries under PM SVANidhi YojanaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever