PM Modi inaugurates and lays foundation stone of projects worth Rs 8,500 crore in Tripura

Prime Minister Modi also launched several road projects (file photo)

Agartala, Tripura:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday virtually inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth Rs 8,534 crore in Tripura, including an integrated check post at Sabrum on the India-Bangladesh border.

The projects launched by the Prime Minister include the ICP project costing Rs 250 cr and the project to provide piped water to 1.46 lakh people in the state at a cost of Rs 732.98 crore.

Prime Minister Modi also opened Eklavya Model Residential School at Rupaichari and Karbook in South Tripura at a cost of Rs 48 crore and four new schools at a cost of Rs 10 crore.

He also initiated several road projects, including upgrading several national highways that pass through the state.

He also laid the foundation stone for the Agartala Western Bypass at a cost of Rs 2,026 crore and established a 200-bed maternal and child health department at the Government Medical College Agartala at a cost of Rs 192 crore, among other projects.

On the occasion, Chief Minister Manik Saha while addressing a project in Sabrum, South Tripura said that the Northeast is witnessing development due to the Act East Policy.

He said people from the Northeast region can easily enter Bangladesh’s Chittagong Port through Sabroom ICP.

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