PM Modi to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth Rs 35,700 crore in Jharkhand today

March 1, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several projects worth Rs 35,700 crore in Jharkhand on Friday. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement that Modi will visit Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar on March 1-2 where he is scheduled to lay the foundation stone and inaugurate several projects worth Rs 2,40,700 crore.

The statement said, “The Prime Minister will reach Sindri in Dhanbad, Jharkhand at around 11 am on March 1 and will participate in a public program where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several development projects worth Rs 35,700 crore in Jharkhand.” Belong to fertilizer, railway, power and coal sectors.

The Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation the Sindri Fertilizer Plant of Hindustan Fertilizer and Chemicals Limited (HURL), developed at a cost of more than Rs 8900 crore, which is a step towards self-reliance in the urea sector.

The statement said, this will increase indigenous urea production in the country by about 12.7 LMT (lakh metric tons) per year, which will benefit the farmers of the country. This is the third fertilizer plant to be restarted in the country after the turnaround of fertilizer plants at Gorakhpur and Ramagundam.

Apart from this, the Prime Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several railway projects worth more than Rs 17,600 crore in Jharkhand. The projects include Son Nagar-Andal 3rd and 4th line, Tori-Shivpur 1st and 2nd and Biratoli-Shivpur 3rd railway lines (part of Tori-Shivpur project), Mohanpur-Hansdiha new railway line, Dhanbad-Chandrapura railway line. .

The statement said that these projects will expand rail services in the state and bring socio-economic development in the region. According to the statement, during the program the Prime Minister will also flag off three trains which include Deoghar-Dibrugarh train service, MEMU train service (daily) between Tatanagar and Badampahar and starting operation of multi-coach goods train from Shivpur station. Apart from this, the Prime Minister will also dedicate to the nation important power projects including North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Project (STPP), Unit-1 (660 MW) of Chatra in Jharkhand.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to leave Jharkhand in the afternoon and reach West Bengal where he will attend a public event at Arambag in Hooghly and inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several development projects worth more than Rs 7,200 crore.