PM to lay stone for Rs 6,100cr projects in Telangana

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh on July 7 and Telangana and Rajasthan the next day and will inaugurate or lay foundation stones of projects worth around Rs 50,000 crore, his office said on Wednesday. All these states except Uttar Pradesh are slated to go to polls later this year. On July 8, around 10.45 am, the prime minister will reach Warangal in Telangana and attend a public programme where he will lay the foundation stone of various projects, a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said.

He will lay the foundation stone for several crucial infrastructure development projects in Telangana worth around Rs 6,100 crore, as per the statement. These include national highway projects worth over Rs 5,550 crore and work to upgrade the 68-km-long Karimnagar--Warangal section of NH-563 from existing two lanes to a four-lane configuration. The prime minister will also lay the foundation stone of the railway manufacturing unit in Kazipet. According to the statement, Modi will reach Rajasthan’s Bikaner around 4.15 pm the same day and lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation multiple development projects worth over Rs 24,300 crore.

On July 7, the prime minister will lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation various development projects at a public programme in Raipur around 10.45 am. Modi will dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone for five national highway projects worth around Rs 6,400 crore, including the four-laning of the 33-km-long Raipur-Kodebod section of the Jabalpur-Jagdalpur National Highway, the 53-km-long four-lane Bilaspur-Pathrapali stretch of NH-130.