Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  |  Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday lay the foundation stones of 23 projects worth more than Rs 17,500 crores in poll-bound Uttarakhand’s Haldwani.
Of the 23, 17 projects are worth more than Rs 14,100 crore covering a range of sectors/areas across the Himalayan state, including health, irrigation, road, housing, industry, sanitation, drinking water supply, among others.
Among the projects, the Prime Minister is likely to lay the foundation stone for an All India Institutes of Medical Sciences in Haldwani, which would be the first such central government hospital in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.
PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of AIIMS Rishikesh satellite centre in Udham Singh Nagar, and Jagjivan Ram Government Medical College in Pithoragarh. These two hospitals are being built at a cost of around Rs 500 crore and Rs 450 crore, respectively.
“The improved medical infrastructure will not only help the people of Kumaon and Terai regions but also the bordering areas of Uttar Pradesh,” an official release said, according to news agency IANS.
PM Modi will also inaugurate road widening projects, a hydropower project in Pithoragarh and projects to augment sewerage network in Nainital. The total outlay of these projects is pegged at more than Rs 3,400 crore.
He will also lay the foundation stone of the Lakhwar Multipurpose Project, to be constructed at a cost of Rs 5,750 crore. It was first conceived way back in 1976, and had been lying pending for several decades.
“PM Modi’s vision to prioritise long pending projects is the force behind the project’s foundation stone being laid. This project of national importance will enable irrigation of about 34,000 hectare additional land, produce 300 MW hydro power and supply drinking water to the six states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
