Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and
dedicated multiple development projects worth about Rs 5,000 crore at Jodhpur,
Rajasthan.
Besides, the PM flagged off two new train services – Runicha
Express, connecting Jaisalmer to Delhi and a new heritage train connecting
Marwar Junction-Khambli Ghat.
Further, two other rail projects were dedicated to the nation by
the PM. These included projects for doubling the 145 km long Degana-Rai Ka Bagh
rail line and the 58 km long Degana-Kuchaman City rail line.
The slew of projects the PM inaugurated today include a 350 bedded Trauma
Centre and Critical Care Hospital Block at All India Institute of Medical
Sciences in Jodhpur and seven Critical Care Blocks under Pradhan Mantri-Ayushman
Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) to be developed across
Rajasthan.
The PM laid the foundation stone for the development of the State-of-the-art
New Terminal Building at Jodhpur Airport, to be built at a total cost of Rs 480
crore.
Additionally, he dedicated the Indian Institute of Technology
Jodhpur campus to the nation. The State-of-the-art campus has been built at a
cost of more than Rs 1,135 crore.
For upgrading the infrastructure at the Central University of
Rajasthan, the PM dedicated a central instrumentation laboratory, staff
quarters, and a yoga & sports sciences building.
He laid the foundation stone of the Central Library, 600 capacity
Hostel and a dining facility for students at the Central University of
Rajasthan.
The PM laid the foundation stone of multiple road development
projects. The road projects will be built at a cumulative cost of about Rs
1,475 crore. Jodhpur Ring Road will help ease traffic pressure and reduce
vehicular pollution in the city.
Rajasthan is going to polls at the end of this year. The Bharatiya
Janata Party aims to unseat the Congress Government in the desert State.
ANI
