Foundation stone of Rs.1,475 cr multiple road development projects laid
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for the development of the Rs.480 crore state-of-the-art New Terminal Building at Jodhpur Airport as well as Rs.350 crore 350 bedded ‘Trauma Centre and Critical Care Hospital Block at All India Institute of Medical Sciences’.
These projects were part of the Rs.5,000 crore projects that Modi has laid foundation stone and dedicates to nation on 5 Oct 2023.
The New Terminal Building will be developed in an area of about 24,000 sqm and will be equipped to provide services to 2,500 passengers during peak hours. It will cater to 35 lakh passengers annually, improving connectivity and boosting tourism in the region.
The ‘Trauma Centre and Critical Care Hospital Block at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur’, and seven Critical Care Blocks under Pradhan Mantri – Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) to be developed across Rajasthan, he announced.
The seven Critical Care Blocks across Rajasthan will augment district-level critical care infrastructure benefiting people of the state.
The Prime Minister also dedicated IIT Jodhpur campus to the nation. The state-of-the-art campus has been built at a cost of more than Rs.1,135 crore. It is a step towards providing high-quality holistic education and building infrastructure for supporting cutting-edge research and innovation initiatives.
In a step that will improve road infrastructure in Rajasthan, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of multiple road development projects, costing Rs.1,475 crore.
These projects include four laning of Karwar to Dangiyawas Section of Jodhpur Ring Road on NH-125A; construction of seven Bypasses/Re-alignments of major town portions of Balotra to Sanderao section via Jalore (NH-325); project for four laning of Pachpadra-Bagundi section of NH-25.
Jodhpur Ring Road will help ease traffic pressure and reduce vehicular pollution in the city. The projects will help improve connectivity, boosting trade, employment generation and economic growth in the region.
The Prime Minister flagged off two new train services in Rajasthan. These include a new train – Runicha Express – connecting Jaisalmer to Delhi and a new heritage train connecting Marwar Jn. – Khambli Ghat. Runicha Express will pass through Jodhpur, Degana, Kuchaman City, Phulera, Ringas, Shrimadhopur, Neem Ka Thana, Narnaul, Ateli, Rewari, improving the connectivity of all towns with the national capital.
The new heritage train connecting Marwar Jn.-Khambli Ghat will provide an impetus to tourism and generate employment in the region. Further, two other rail projects will be dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister. These include projects for doubling the 145 km long ‘Degana-Rai Ka Bagh’ rail line and the 58 km long ‘Degana-Kuchaman City’ rail line.
He informed that this year about Rs.9,500 crore budget has been allocated for railways in Rajasthan which is a 14-fold increase over the average budget of previous governments.
“Now, electric trains will run on these tracks instead of diesel engine trains,” the Prime Minister said as he noted that it will help in reducing pollution and keeping the air clean in the state.
Under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, the Prime Minister said, more than 80 railway stations in Rajasthan are being redeveloped including the Jodhpur Railway Station.
He reiterated the government’s commitment to redeveloping railway stations which are frequented by the poor just like the development of airports in the country. Fiinews.com
