PM to inaugurate, lay basis stone for tasks price Rs 20,000 crore throughout J&Okay go to
By PTI
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday inaugurate and lay basis stone of improvement tasks price over Rs 20,000 crore in Jammu and Kashmir, together with the opening of the Banihal-Qazigund street tunnel to ascertain all-weather connectivity between the 2 areas of the union territory.
Modi is travelling there to take part within the celebration for the National Panchayati Raj Day and tackle ‘Gram Sabhas’ throughout the nation, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) mentioned in an announcement.
He will even go to Palli Panchayat in Samba district.
Seeking to develop and rejuvenate 75 water our bodies in each district of the nation, the prime minister will launch a brand new initiative named ‘Amrit Sarovar’, it mentioned.
Modi is scheduled to attend the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Awards Ceremony in Mumbai later within the night the place he’ll obtain the primary Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award, the assertion mentioned.
The award has been instituted within the reminiscence of Lata Mangeshkar and can be given yearly to an individual for exemplary contribution in the direction of nation constructing, it famous.
In the assertion on Modi’s go to to Jammu and Kashmir, the PMO mentioned the federal government has been focussed on bringing about large ranging reforms to considerably enhance governance and improve ease of dwelling for the folks of the area at an unprecedented tempo following the “constitutional reforms” of August 2019, a reference to the abrogation of Article 370 and making the erstwhile state right into a union territory.
The tasks being inaugurated or whose basis stones can be laid on this go to will go a good distance in facilitating primary facilities, guaranteeing ease of mobility and improvement of infrastructure within the area, it mentioned.
Modi will inaugurate the Banihal-Qazigund street tunnel, constructed at a value of over Rs 3,100 crore.
The 8.45-km-long tunnel will scale back the street distance between Banihal and Qazigund by 16 km, and scale back journey time by round one and a half hours.
It is a twin-tube tunnel, one for every route of journey, and the tubes are interconnected by a cross passage each 500 m for upkeep and emergency evacuation.
The tunnel will assist set up all-weather connection between Jammu and Kashmir, and convey the 2 areas nearer, the PMO mentioned.
He will even lay the muse stone of three street packages of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, being constructed at a value of over Rs. 7,500 crore.
Among different tasks, Modi will lay the muse stone of Ratle and Kwar hydroelectric tasks, a 850 MW facility to be constructed on Chenab river in Kishtwar at a value of round Rs 5,300 crore, and 540 MW Kwar hydroelectric venture to be constructed on the identical river at a value of over Rs 4,500 crore.
In order to additional develop the community of ‘Jan Aushadi Kendras’ in Jammu and Kashmir, and to make good high quality generic medicines at inexpensive costs accessible, 100 centres can be inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi.
These centres are positioned in distant corners of the union territory.
Modi will even inaugurate a 500 KW solar energy plant at Palli, which can make it the nation’s first panchayat to grow to be carbon impartial, the PMO mentioned.
During his go to, he will even hand over ‘SVAMITVA’ (survey of villages and mapping with improvised expertise in village areas) playing cards to beneficiaries underneath the scheme.
The playing cards will give villagers documentary proof of their possession of properties in order that they will use them for monetary advantages if required.
He will even switch award cash to panchayats which are winners of awards given throughout totally different classes.
The PMO famous that the ‘Amrit Sarovar’ venture is a part of the celebration of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
