Prime Minister Modi also laid the foundation stone for the second phase of the railway project, which will cost over Rs 6,700 crore to develop.
Posted Date – 11:15 AM, Sun – 12/11/22
Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first phase of the Nagpur metro project on Sunday and purchased a metro ticket from Freedom Park to Khapri .
Prime Minister Modi also laid the foundation stone for the second phase of the railway project, which will cost over Rs 6,700 crore to develop.
The prime minister was also seen interacting with students and tourists during the trip from Liberty Park to Capri.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the sixth Vande Bharat Express will operate between Nagpur in Maharashtra and Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh. run between.
After Prime Minister Modi signaled to get off the bus, he waved to the passengers on the bus.
This is the sixth Vande Bharat Express marked by PM Modi.
The Prime Minister arrived in Nagpur earlier with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Chief Minister Eknath Shind and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis received him there.
Later in the day, at a public event in Nagpur, he will lay the foundation stone for the reconstruction of Nagpur Railway Station and Ajni Railway Station, which will cost about Rs 5.9 crore and Rs 3.6 crore respectively.
The Prime Minister will dedicate the Government Repair Station, Ajni (Nagpur) and the Kohli-Narkher section of the Nagpur-Itarsi 3rd line project to the country. The development costs of these projects are approximately Rs. 1.1 billion and Rs. 4.5 billion respectively.
The Prime Minister’s laying of the foundation stone of the National Institute of Unified Health (NIO) in Nagpur is a step towards building the country’s capacity and infrastructure under the ‘One Health’ approach.
The One Health approach recognizes that the health of humans is inextricably linked to the health of animals and the environment. This approach recognizes that most infectious diseases affecting humans are zoonotic in nature (transmission from animals to humans). The institute, which will be launched at a cost of over Rs 1.1 billion, will collaborate and coordinate with all stakeholders and act as a catalyst to improve research and capacity building of the One Health approach across the country.
The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for the Nagpur River Pollution Control Project.
According to the National River Conservation Program (NRCP), the project will be operational at a cost of over Rs 1,925 crore.
“The prevalence of sickle cell disease in the Vidarbha district, especially among tribal populations, is relatively high. This disease, together with other haemoglobinopathies such as thalassemia and HbE, causes a heavy disease burden in the country. To address this In February 2019, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the Chandrapur Center for Research, Management and Control of Hemoglobinopathies. The Prime Minister will now dedicate the Center to the nation, which is expected to be the center for innovative research in the field of hemoglobinopathies in the country , technology development, human resource development,” it said.
The Prime Minister dedicated the Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Chandrapur, to the nation. The Institute aims to develop skilled human resources to meet the needs of the polymer and related industries.
