PM to visit Gujarat today to inaugurate projects on health, road, rail, energy, petroleum & natural gas, tourism
PM to lay the foundation stone of multiple
development projects worth more than Rs 52,250 crore
Projects encompasses important sectors like health, road, rail, energy,
petroleum & natural gas, tourism among others
PM to dedicate Sudarshan Setu connecting Okha mainland and Beyt Dwarka
It is India’s longest cable stayed bridge
PM to dedicate five AIIMS at Rajkot, Bathinda, Raebareli, Kalyani and
Mangalagiri
PM to lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation more than 200 Health
Care Infrastructure Projects
PM to inaugurate and dedicate to the nation 21 projects of ESIC
PM to lay foundation stone of the New Mundra-Panipat pipeline project
Prime Minister
will visit Gujarat on 24th and 25th February, 2024. On 25th February, at around
7:45 AM, Prime Minister will perform pooja and darshan at Beyt Dwarka temple.
This will be followed by visit to the Sudarshan Setu at around 8:25 AM. He will
thereafter visit Dwarkadhish Temple at around 9:30 AM.
At
around 1 PM, Prime Minister will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of
multiple development projects worth more than Rs 4150 crores in Dwarka.
Thereafter,
at around 3:30 PM, Prime Minister will visit AIIMS Rajkot. At around 4:30
PM, Prime Minister will inaugurate, dedicate to the nation and lay the
foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 48,100 crores
at Race Course Ground, Rajkot.
PM in Dwarka
At
a public function in Dwarka, Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation,
Sudarshan Setu connecting Okha mainland and Beyt Dwarka island built at a cost
of around Rs. 980 crores. It is the longest Cable-stayed bridge in the country
of around 2.32 Km.
Sudarshan
Setu boasts a unique design, featuring a footpath adorned with verses from
Shrimad Bhagavad Gita and images of Bhagwan Krishna on both sides. It also has
solar panels installed on the upper portions of the footpath, generating one
megawatt of electricity. This bridge will ease the transportation and
significantly reduce the time of devotees travelling between Dwarka and
Beyt-Dwarka. Before the bridge's construction, pilgrims had to rely on boat
transport to reach Beyt Dwarka. This iconic bridge will also serve as a major tourist
attraction of Devbhumi Dwarka.
Prime
Minister will dedicate pipeline project at Vadinar involving replacement
of existing offshore lines, abandoning existing Pipeline End Manifold (PLEM),
and relocating the entire system (pipelines, the PLEMs and the interconnecting
loop line) at a nearby new location. Prime Minister will dedicate Rajkot-Okha,
Rajkot-Jetalsar-Somnath and Jetalsar-Wansjaliya Rail Electrification projects
to the nation.
Prime
Minister will lay foundation stone of widening of Dhoraji-Jamkandorna-Kalavad
section of NH-927D; Regional Science Center at Jamnagar; Flue Gas
Desulphurization (FGD) system installation at Sikka Thermal Power Station,
Jamnagar among others
PM in Rajkot
At
the public function in Rajkot, Prime Minister will inaugurate, dedicate to the
nation and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more
than Rs. 48,100 crore, encompassing important sectors like health, road, rail,
energy, petroleum & natural gas, tourism among others.
In
a significant step towards strengthening tertiary health care in the country,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation five All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Rajkot (Gujarat), Bathinda (Punjab),
Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh), Kalyani (West Bengal) and Mangalagiri (Andhra
Pradesh).
Prime
Minister will also lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation more
than 200 Health Care Infrastructure Projects worth more than Rs 11,500 crores
across 23 States /UTs.
Prime
Minister will dedicate the Medical College of JIPMER at Karaikal, Puducherry
and 300 bedded Satellite Centre of Post Graduate Institute of Medical and
Educational Research (PGIMER) in Sangrur, Punjab, among others. He will
inaugurate 90 bedded Multi Specialty Consulting Unit of JIPMER at Yanam,
Puducherry; National Centre for Aging in Chennai; new Government Medical
College in Purnea, Bihar; 2 field units of ICMR namely, National Institute of
Virology Kerala Unit, at Alappuzha, Kerala and National Institute of Research
in Tuberculosis (NIRT): New Composite TB Research Facility, Tiruvallur, Tamil
Nadu, among others. Prime Minister will lay foundation stone of various health
projects including 100 bedded Satellite Centre of PGIMER at Ferozpur, Punjab;
new Medical College building in RML Hospital, Delhi; Critical Care Block in
RIMS, Imphal; Nursing Colleges at Koderma and Dumka in Jharkhand, among others.
In
addition to these, under the National Health Mission and Prime
Minister-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM), Prime
Minister will also inaugurate, dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation
stone of 115 projects. These include 78 projects under PM-ABHIM (50 units of
Critical Care Blocks, 15 units of Integrated Public health Labs, 13 units of
Block Public Health Units); 30 units of various projects like Community Health
Centre, Primary Health Care Center, Model Hospital, Transit Hostel etc. under
National Health Mission among others.
Prime
Minister will also inaugurate the National Institute of Naturopathy named
‘Nisarg Gram’ at Pune. It comprises Naturopathy Medical College along with 250
bedded hospital with Multi-disciplinary Research and Extension Centre. Further,
he will also inaugurate the Regional Research Institute of Yoga &
Naturopathy at Jhajjar, Haryana. It will have apex level Yoga and Naturopathy
Research facilities
During
the event, Prime Minister will inaugurate and dedicate to the nation 21
projects of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), worth around Rs.
2280 crores. Projects being dedicated to nation include 2 medical colleges
and hospitals at Patna (Bihar) and Alwar (Rajasthan); 8 hospitals at Korba
(Chhattisgarh), Udaipur (Rajasthan), Adityapur (Jharkhand), Phulwari Sharif
(Bihar), Tiruppur (Tamil Nadu), Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) and Raigarh &
Bhilai in Chhattisgarh; and 3 dispensaries at Neemrana, Abu Road, and Bhilwara
in Rajasthan. ESI dispensaries at 8 locations will also be inaugurated at Alwar,
Behror & Sitapura in Rajasthan, Selaqui (Uttarakhand), Gorakhpur (Uttar
Pradesh), Koratty & Navaikulam in Kerala and Pydibhimavaram (Andhra
Pradesh).
In
a step to boost production of renewable energy in the region, Prime Minister
will lay foundation stone of various renewable energy projects including 300 MW
Bhuj-II Solar power project; Grid Connected 600 MW Solar PV Power project;
Khavda Solar Power Project; 200 MW Dayapur-II Wind Energy Project among others.
Prime
Minister will also lay the foundation stone of the New Mundra- Panipat pipeline
project worth over Rs 9000 crore. The 1194 km long Mundra- Panipat Pipeline
with an installed capacity of 8.4 MMTPA was commissioned to transport crude oil
from Mundra on the Gujarat coast to Indian Oil's refinery at Panipat in Haryana.
Strengthening
the road and rail infrastructure in the region, Prime Minister will dedicate
doubling of Surendranagar- Rajkot Rail line; four laning of Bhavnagar- Talaja
(Package-I) of old NH-8E; Pipli-Bhavnagar (Package-I) of NH-751. He will also
lay the foundation stone of six laning with paved shoulder of Samakhiyali to
Santalpur section of NH-27, among others.