Infra increase for South India! Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to the state of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the PM, in Puducherry, will inaugurate as effectively as lay the foundation stone of numerous improvement projects. Later in the day, PM Modi will dedicate to the nation as effectively as lay the foundation stone of numerous infrastructure projects in the city of Coimbatore, worth more than Rs 12,400 crores. Following are the infra and improvement projects along with their facts that are becoming inaugurated and devoted to the nation by the Prime Minister today:
Projects in Tamil Nadu
The PM will dedicate Neyveli New Thermal Power Project to the nation, which is a lignite based energy plant created for 1000 MW energy generation capacity. It has two units, each and every of them has 500 MW capacity. The project has been constructed at a price of about Rs 8000 crore.
He will also dedicate the 709 MW Solar Power Project of NLCIL to the nation, which has been established more than about 2670 acres of land across the districts of Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar and Ramanathapuram. It has been established at a price of more than Rs 3000 crore.
The foundation stone will be laid by the PM for the extension, renovation as effectively as modernization of Lower Bhavani System project. The Lower Bhavani System’s extension, renovation and modernization has been taken up at Rs 934 crore beneath NABARD Infrastructure Development Assistance. The major goal of this project is to rehabilitate the current irrigation structures in the method as effectively as maximize the canals’ efficiency.
At V.O.Chidambaranar Port, the minister will do the inauguration of the eight-laning of Korampallam Bridge along with ROB (Rail Over Bridge). The project includes widening on either side of the bridge as effectively as adding two lanes (8.5 metres length) on either side. It also incorporates the widening of the current bituminous road on either side from TTPS Circle to City Link Circle. The project, constructed at a price of about Rs 42 crore, has been implemented with funding help beneath the Modi government’s Sagarmala programme.
The foundation stone will be laid for design and style, installation, provide as effectively as commissioning of a 5MW grid connected ground-based solar energy plant at V.O.Chidambaranar Port. It is to be set up at a price about Rs 20 crore. The plant will create more than 80 lakh units (KWH) per annum, meeting 56 per cent of the port’s total power consumption, thereby minimizing carbon footprint of port operations.
He will also inaugurate the tenements constructed beneath the scheme of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) as effectively as lay the foundation stone for Integrated Command and Control Centers (ICCC) in as lots of as nine Smart Cities- Coimbatore, Salem, Thanjavur, Madurai, Vellore, Tiruppur, Tiruchirappalli, Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli.
Projects in Puducherry
The foundation stone will be laid for 4-laning of NH45-A – 56 kilometre lengthy package from Sattanathapuram to Nagapattinam stretch of Villupuram to Nagapattinam project covering the district of Karaikal. The project’s capital price to be incurred is about Rs 2426 crore.
PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Medical College Building at Karaikal New Campus- phase one, in the district of Karaikal (JIPMER), which is estimated to price Rs 491 crore.
The foundation stone for improvement of Minor Port at Puducherry will be laid beneath Sagarmala Scheme, which is estimated to be constructed at a price of Rs 44 crore. The port will provide connectivity to Tamil Nadu capital, Chennai as effectively as facilitate cargo movement for industries in Puducherry.
Also, the foundation stone of Synthetic Athletic Track, Indira Gandhi Sports Complex will be laid. The project is anticipated to price an quantity of Rs 7 crore.
PM Modi will also inaugurate the reconstructed Heritage Marie Building, Blood Centre at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, and a one hundred-bed girls’ hostel at Lawspet.