PM Modi launches development projects worth over Rs 32,000 crore in Jammu and Kashmir today
Jammu:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched several development projects worth over Rs 32,000 crore in Jammu and Kashmir, including in the education, railways, aviation and road sectors.
From Jammu, the Prime Minister also inaugurated or laid the foundation stone of projects worth Rs 13,500 crore across the country.
These projects include Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and central universities.
PM Modi distributed appointment letters to around 1,500 newly recruited government employees of Jammu and Kashmir and also interacted with beneficiaries of various schemes under the ‘Develop India, Develop Jammu’ programme.
The railway projects inaugurated by PM Modi include the railway line between Banihal-Khari-Sumber-Sangaldan (48 km) and the newly electrified Baramulla-Srinagar-Banihal-Sangaldan section (185.66 km).
He flagged off the first electric train in the valley and the train service between Sangaldan and Baramulla stations.
The commissioning of Banihal-Khari-Sumber-Sangaldan section is significant as it uses Ballast Less Track (BLT) on the entire route providing better riding experience to the passengers.
India’s longest transport tunnel T-50 (12.77 km) is located in the section between Khari and Sumber.
The railway projects are expected to improve connectivity, ensure environmental sustainability and boost the overall economic development of the region.
The Prime Minister also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of several projects worth about Rs 13,500 crore for other parts of the country.
The projects include permanent campuses for IIT Bhilai, IIT Tirupati, IIT Jammu, IIITDM Kanchipuram, Indian Institute of Skills (IIS), a leading skill training institute on advanced technologies located at Kanpur and the campuses of Central Sanskrit University at Devprayag (Uttarakhand). Agartala (Tripura).
He also inaugurated three new IIMs in the country – IIM Jammu, IIM Bodh Gaya and IIM Visakhapatnam – besides 20 new buildings for Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and 13 buildings for new Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) across the country. .
As part of his government’s efforts to provide comprehensive, quality and holistic tertiary care healthcare services to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the Prime Minister also inaugurated the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Vijaypur (Samba), Jammu, officials of the Said.
The institute, the foundation stone of which he laid in February 2019, has been set up under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana’ of the central government.
Established at a cost of over Rs 1,660 crore and covering an area of over 227 acres, the hospital is equipped with 720 beds, a medical college with 125 seats, a nursing college with 60 seats, an AYUSH block with 30 beds, residential accommodation, etc. for faculty and staff, hostel accommodation for UG and PG students and a shopping complex among other facilities.
Among other projects, PM Modi laid the foundation stone of a new terminal building at Jammu airport.
Spread over 40,000 square metres, the new terminal building will be equipped with modern facilities serving approximately 2,000 passengers during peak hours and will be eco-friendly.
PM Modi laid the foundation stone of important road projects including two stretches (44.22 km) of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway connecting Jammu to Katra and phase-two of the four-lane Srinagar Ring Road.
He also laid the foundation stone of the project to develop CUF (Common User Facility) petroleum depot in Jammu.
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