NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Hyderabad and Chennai on Thursday. Among several other projects, Modi will inaugurate the 75-km-long Madurai-Theni Railway Gauge Conversion Project.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the PM will participate in the celebration of the completion of 20 years of Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad, around 2 pm and address the graduation ceremony of the Post-Graduate Programme (PGP) Class of 2022.
Around 5.45 pm, the PM will dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of 11 projects worth over Rs 31,400 crore at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. “These projects will also help significantly improve socio-economic prosperity in the region, have a transformative impact on several sectors and also help create employment opportunities,” a PMO statement stated.
The PM will also dedicate to the nation five projects worth over Rs 2,900 crore. The 75-km-long Madurai-Theni railway gauge conversion project), built at a project cost of over Rs 500 crore, will facilitate access and give a boost to tourism in the region.
The 30-km-long third railway line between Tambaram-Chengalpattu, built at a project cost of over Rs 590 crore, will facilitate running of more suburban services, thus offering greater options and enhancing comfort for the travellers.
The 115-km-long Ennore-Chengalpattu section and 271-km-long Thiruvallur-Bengaluru section of ETBPNMT natural gas pipeline, built at a project cost of around Rs 850 crore and Rs 910 crore, respectively, will facilitate supply of natural gas to consumers as well industries in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
The programme will also witness inauguration of 1,152 houses constructed as part of Light House Project – Chennai, built at a cost of Rs 116 crore under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban.
Modi will also lay the foundation stone of six projects, being built at a cost of over Rs. 28,500 crore. The 262-km-long Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway will be built at a cost of over Rs 14,870 crore. It will pass through Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and help reduce travel time between Bengaluru and Chennai by 2-3 hours.
The four-lane double-decker elevated road connecting Chennai Port to Maduravoyal (NH-4), of about 21 km in length, will be built at a cost of over Rs 5,850 crore. It will facilitate round the clock approach of goods vehicles to Chennai port.
The 94-km four-lane Neraluru to Dharmapuri section of NH-844 and 31-km two-lane with paved shoulders of Meensurutti-Chidambaram section of NH-227, being built at a cost of around Rs 3,870 crore and Rs 720 respectively, will help provide seamless connectivity in the region.
The foundation stones for redevelopment of five railway stations — Chennai Egmore, Rameswaram, Madurai, Katpadi and Kanniyakumari — will also be laid during the programme. This project will be completed at a cost of over Rs 1,800 crore, and is being undertaken with a view to enhance convenience and comfort of the passengers through the provision of modern amenities.
The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone of a Multi-Modal Logistic Park at Chennai worth over Rs 1,400 crore. It will provide seamless intermodal freight movement and also offer multiple functionalities.
He will participate in the celebration of the completion of 20 years of Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad and address the graduation ceremony of the Post Graduate Programme (PGP) Class of 2022. The ISB was inaugurated on December 2, 2001, by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Regarded as one of the top B-schools in the country, ISB also collaborates with several ministries and government departments to provide training and capacity building. (ANI)