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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Haldwani, Uttarakhand, on December 30, 2021. He will inaugurate and lay foundation of 23 projects worth over Rs 17,500 crore. The foundation will be laid for 17 projects worth over Rs 14,100 crore. These projects cover a wide array of sectors/areas across the state including irrigation, road, housing, health infrastructure, industry, sanitation, drinking water supply among others.
The programme will witness inauguration of 6 projects including multiple road widening projects, a Hydropower project at Pithoragarh and projects to improve sewerage network iatNainital. The cumulative cost of the projects being inaugurated is over Rs 3,400 crore, according to a PIB release.
Modi will lay the foundation of Lakhwar Multipurpose Project to be built at a cost of about Rs 5,750 crore. This project was first conceived in 1976 and was lying pending for many years. The PM’s vision to prioritise long pending projects is the force behind the project’s foundation being laid. This project of national importance, will enable irrigation of about 34,000 hectare additional land, produce 300 MW hydro power, and supply drinking water to the six states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
In line with the Prime Minister’s vision to improve connectivity at far flung places of the country, inauguration and foundation laying of multiple road sector projects worth about Rs 8,700 crore would be done.
The projects whose foundation would be laid include four laning of 85 km Moradabad-Kashipur Road to be built at a cost of over Rs 4,000 crore; two laning of 22 Km stretch of Gadarpur-Dineshpur-Madkota-Haldwani road (SH-5), and 18 km stretch of Kiccha to Pantnagar (SH-44); construction of 8 kilometre long Khatima bypass in Udham Singh Nagar; construction of four-lane National Highway (NH109D) being built at a cost of over 175 crore. These road projects will improve connectivity of Garhwal, Kumaon, and Terai region and also the connectivity between Uttarakhand and Nepal. Improved connectivity will also benefit industrial areas in Rudrapur and Lalkuan besides improving the accessibility of Jim Corbett National Park.
Further, foundation of multiple road projects all across the state under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna would also be laid by the Prime Minister. The projects include laying of 133 rural roads of a total length of 1157 kilometres at a cost of more than Rs 625 crore and construction of 151 bridges at a cost of about Rs 450 crores.
The road projects being inaugurated by the Prime Minister include a project of 99 kilometre road widening from Nagina to Kashipur (NH-74) built at the cost of over Rs 2,500 Crore and projects to widen road at three stretches in the strategic Tanakpur-Pithoragarh road (NH 125) built under all-weather road project at the cost of over 780 crore. The three stretches are : from Chyurani to Ancholi (32 kilometre), from Bilkhet to Champawat (29 kilometre), and from Tilon to Chyurani (28 kilometre). The strategic Tanakpur-Pithoragarh road will now have all-weather connectivity that will facilitate the unhindered movement of the army to the border areas and improved connectivity for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.
In an endeavour to expand the medical infrastructure of the state and provide world class medical facilities to the people in all parts of the country, Modi will lay the foundation of AIIMS Rishikesh satellite centre in Udham Singh Nagar District and Jagjivan Ram Government Medical College at Pithoragarh. These two hospitals are being built at a cost of about Rs 500 crore and Rs 450 crore respectively.
Modi will lay the foundation for the construction of about 2,400 homes for the economically weaker section in the cities of Sitarganj and Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar District.
To improve the tap water supply in the rural areas of the state, the PM will lay foundation of 73 water supply schemes across 13 districts of the state under the Jal Jeevan Mission. The schemes will cumulatively cost around Rs 1,250 crore and will benefit more than 1.3 lakh rural households of the state. Further, to ensure regular supply of quality water in urban areas of Haridwar and Nainital, the PM will also lay the foundation of water supply schemes for these two cities. The schemes will provide about 14,500 connections in Haridwar and more than 2,400 connections in Haldwani, benefitting about one lakh population of Haridwar and about 12000 population of Haldwani.
In line with the Prime Minister’s vision to create new avenues for tapping the inherent potential of a region,foundation of a 41 acre Aroma Park at Kashipur and a 40 acre Plastic Industrial Park at Sitarganj will be laid. The Aroma Park will make use of Uttarakhand’s immense potential of floriculture growth because of its unique geographical conditions. The Plastic Industrial Park will be a step to establish the state’s industrial prowess and create employment opportunities for the people.
Modi will also inaugurate two sewage treatment plants of 7 MLD and 1.5 MLD capacity constructed at a cost of about Rs 50 crore at Ramnagar, Nainital. Also, Prime Minister will lay the foundation of the construction of nine sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Udham Singh Nagar, to be built at the cost of about Rs 200 crore; and a 78 crore project for upgradation of Sewerage system in Nainital.
The PM will also inaugurate the 5 MegaWatt capacity Suringad-II run of the river hydroelectric project built by Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam (UJVN) Limited at Munsyari in Pithoragarh District built at a cost of about Rs 50 crore.