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PM Modi to launch various projects in Bihar, Bengal tomorrow
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bihar and West Bengal tomorrow to launch and lay foundation stones for development projects worth over Rs 12,000 crore, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said today.
In Motihari in Bihar, the Prime Minister will launch projects worth Rs 7,200 crore across sectors, including railways, roads, rural development, fisheries, and IT while in Durgapur, West Bengal, projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore will be launched in oil and gas, power, road, and rail sectors.
He will lay the foundation for rail line doubling, road widening, and rural infrastructure, including a major Rs 4,080 crore rail project between Darbhanga and Narkatiaganj, the PMO said in a statement here.
He will also inaugurate highway projects like the Parariya-Mohania 4-lane stretch, and a 2-lane Sarwan-Chakai road, improving connectivity with Jharkhand while in Patna and Darbhanga, the Prime Minister will launch new STPI software parks and an IT incubation centre. He will also dedicate fisheries development projects under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana.
Four Amrit Bharat trains will be flagged off to Delhi and Lucknow from Bihar, and Rs 400 crore will be released to over 61,000 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) under the DAY-NRLM scheme. With a special focus on women-led development, over 10 crore women have been so far connected to Self-Help Groups (SHGs). Modi will also hand over keys to 12,000 PM Awas Yojana-Gramin beneficiaries as a part of Griha Pravesh and release over Rs 160 crore, as per the PMO.
In Durgapur, West Bengal, the Prime Minister will unveil projects worth Rs 5,000 crore across oil and gas, energy, road, and rail sectors including the BPCL City Gas project in Bankura and Purulia (Rs 1,950 crore) and the Durgapur–Kolkata natural gas pipeline (Rs1,190 crore). Pollution control systems at two thermal power plants will also be inaugurated (Rs 1,457 crore).
To boost rail connectivity, the Prime Minister will dedicate the doubling of the Purulia–Kotshila rail line worth over Rs 390 crore and inaugurate two road over bridges at Topsi and Pandabeshwar, built under the Setu Bharatam scheme.
Four more Amrit Bharat trains and central funds for SHGs and housing beneficiaries will also be announced during the West Bengal leg of the visit.
