PM Narendra Modi inaugurates, lays foundation stone of projects worth Rs 17,500 crore in Uttarakhand

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 23 projects worth over Rs 17500 crore in Uttarakhand Among the 23 projects the foundation stone is being laid for 17 projects worth over Rs 14100 croreAccording to Prime Ministers Office PMO these projects cover a wide array of sectorsareas across the state including irrigation road housing health infrastructure industry sanitation drinking water supply The programme will witness the inauguration of six projects including multiple road widening projects a hydropower project in Pithoragarh and projects to improve the sewerage network in NainitalThe cumulative cost of the projects being inaugurated is over Rs 3400 crore The Prime Minister is laying the foundation stone of the Lakhwar Multipurpose Project to be built at a cost of about Rs 5750 crore In line with the Prime Ministers vision to improve connectivity at farflung places of the country inauguration and foundation stone laying of multiple road sector projects worth about Rs 8700 crore is being doneThe projects whose foundation stones are being laid include four laning of 85 kilometre MoradabadKashipur Road to be built at a cost of over Rs 4000 crore two laning of 22 Kilometre stretch of GadarpurDineshpurMadkotaHaldwani road SH5 and 18 kilometre stretch of Kiccha to Pantnagar SH44 construction of 8 kilometre long Khatima bypass in Udham Singh Nagar construction of four lane National Highway NH109D being built at a cost of over 175 crore These road projects will improve connectivity of Garhwal Kumaon and Terai region and also the connectivity between Uttarakhand and NepalImproved connectivity will also benefit industrial areas in Rudrapur and Lalkuan besides improving the accessibility of Jim Corbett National Park Further foundation stones of multiple road projects all across the state under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna is also being laid by the Prime Minister The projects include laying of 133 rural roads with a total length of 1157 kilometres at a cost of more than Rs 625 crore and the construction of 151 bridges at a cost of about Rs 450 croresThe road projects being inaugurated by the Prime Minister include a project of 99 kilometre road widening from Nagina to Kashipur NH74 built at the cost of over Rs 2500 Crore and projects to widen road at three stretches in the strategic TanakpurPithoragarh road NH 125 built under allweather road project at the cost of over 780 crore The three stretches are from Chyurani to Ancholi 32 kilometre from Bilkhet to Champawat 29 kilometre and from Tilon to Chyurani 28 kilometreAlso Read PM wanted BJPNCP tieup for Maharashtra govt I rejected offer Sharad PawarIn an endeavour to expand the medical infrastructure of the state and provide worldclass medical facilities to the people in all parts of the country the Prime Minister is laying the foundation stone of AIIMS Rishikesh satellite centre in Udham Singh Nagar district and Jagjivan Ram Government Medical College at Pithoragarh These two hospitals are being built at a cost of about Rs 500 crores and Rs 450 crore respectivelyThis 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