Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the
foundation stone of multiple development projects worth about Rs 7,500 crore
across various sectors on Thursday.
Meanwhile, earlier, PM Modi, Maharashtra Chief
Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar paid floral
tributes to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, in Shirdi.
PM Modi inaugurated the new Darshan Queue complex at
Shirdi. It is a state-of-the-art modern mega building envisaged to provide
comfortable waiting areas for the devotees.
It is equipped with several waiting halls with a
cumulative seating capacity of more than ten thousand devotees. It has the
provision of air-conditioned public amenities like cloakrooms, toilets, booking
counters, prasad counters, information centre etc.
The foundation stone of this new Darshan Queue Complex
was laid by the Prime Minister in October 2018, the Prime Minister’s Office
stated.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister also dedicated to the
nation the left bank (85km) canal network of the Nilwande Dam.
It will benefit 182 villages from 7 Tehsils (6 in
Ahmednagar district and 1 from Nashik district) by facilitating pipe
distribution networks of water. The idea of Nilwande Dam was first conceived in
1970. It is being developed at a cost of about Rs 5177 crore, it stated.
During the public programme, the Prime Minister also
launched the ‘Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana’.
The Yojna will benefit more than 86 lakh beneficiaries
of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in Maharashtra, by providing an
additional amount of Rs 6,000 per year to them.
The PM inaugurated and dedicated to the nation
multiple development projects, including Ayush Hospital at Ahmednagar Civil
Hospital; electrification of Kurduwadi-Latur Road railway section (186 Km); 3rd
and 4th railway line connecting Jalgaon to Bhusaval (24.46 km); four laning of
Sangli to Borgaon section of NH-166 (Package-I); additional facilities at
Manmad Terminal of Indian Oil corporation Limited.
Moreover, the PM laid the foundation stone of the
Maternal and Child Health Wing at Ahmednagar Civil Hospital.
Later in the day, the Prime Minister will visit Goa to
inaugurate the 37th National Games.
ANI
