Prime Minister Launched Projects Worth Rs 75,000 Cr in Maharashtra: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay the foundation stone and inaugurate projects worth Rs 75,000 crores in Maharashtra. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, PM Modi officially opened the first phase of the 520-kilometer Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, which connecting Nagpur and Shirdi.
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- In yet another step that will revolutionise urban mobility, Prime Minister will dedicate ‘Nagpur Metro Phase I’ to the nation. He will flag off two metro trains – from Khapri to Automotive Square (Orange Line) and from Prajapati Nagar to Lokmanya Nagar (Aqua line) – at Khapri Metro Station. Over Rs 8650 crore was spent on developing Nagpur Metro Phase I. Additionally, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation for Nagpur Metro Phase-II, which would cost more than Rs 6700 crore to build.
- Prime Minister’s commitment to strengthen health infrastructure across the country will be strengthened through the dedication of AIIMS Nagpur to the nation. The Hospital, whose foundational stone was also laid by the Prime Minister in July 2017, has been established under the Central sector scheme Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana.
- • The nation received a dedication from the prime minister for the Government Maintenance Depot, Ajni (Nagpur), and Kohli-Narkher Section of the Nagpur-Itarsi Third Line Project. These projects each cost anywhere between Rs 110 crore and Rs 450 crore to develop.
- The laying of the foundation stone for the National Institute of One Health (NIO), Nagpur by the Prime Minister is a step towards building capacity and infrastructure in the country under the ‘One Health’ approach.
One Of The Longest Expressway:
One of India’s longest expressways, the 701 Km route travels through Amravati, Aurangabad, and Nashik as well as 10 districts in Maharashtra at a cost of nearly Rs 55,000 crore. The expressway will also help improve the connectivity of adjoining 14 other districts, thus helping in the development of about 24 districts of the state including the regions of Vidarbha, Marathwada and North Maharashtra.
Significance Of This:
Espousing the Prime Minister’s vision of integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects under PM Gati Shakti, the Samruddhi Mahamarg will connect to the Delhi Mumbai Expressway, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and tourist locations like Ajanta Ellora Caves, Shirdi, Verul, Lonar, etc.
Samruddhi Mahamarg will be a game-changer in providing a major boost to the economic development of Maharashtra.
Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of the project for pollution abatement of river Nag at Nagpur. The project, which is a part of the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP), will cost more than Rs 1925 crore to implement. In February 2019, the Prime Minister officially broke ground on the “Centre for Research, Management and Control of Haemoglobinopathies, Chandrapur” to address this problem. Prime Minister will now dedicate to the nation the Centre, which is envisaged to become a Centre of Excellence for innovative research, technology development, human resource development, in the field of haemoglobinopathies, in the country.