The inaugurated projects include three different stretches of the Chardham all-weather road which have been widened, Nagina-Kashipur National Highway, Suring Gad hydel project and sewage works under the Namami Gange programme at Nainital.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones of projects worth over Rs 17,500 crore in Haldwani city of the Kumaon region in Uttarakhand on Thursday.
Schemes worth Rs 2,000 crore were brought in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani with an aim of improving the connectivity in the area, PM Modi said.
The inaugurated projects include three different stretches of the Chardham all-weather road which have been widened, Nagina-Kashipur National Highway, Suring Gad hydel project and sewage works under the Namami Gange programme at Nainital.
Also, the Lakhwar multi-purpose hydro-electricity project worth Rs 5,747 crore, an AIIMS satellite centre for Kumaon worth Rs 500 crore, Moradabad-Kashipur four-lane road, improved road connectivity with Nepal and an Aroma Park in Kashipur are among the key projects whose foundation was laid by PM Modi.
“…We will make this a decade of Uttarakhand,” PM Modi said, adding that, “These inaugurated development projects will give better connectivity and better health to the people of Haldwani.”
“We’re also bringing a Rs 2,000 crore scheme for the development of the overall infrastructure of Haldwani, for water, sewage, road, parking, street lights,” PM Modi said.
Hitting out at the Opposition, PM Modi said, “Now that the public knows their [Opposition] truth, these people have started a new business of rumours, by manufacturing, spreading and then screaming about it. These Uttarakhand rebels are spreading rumours about the Tanakpur-Bageshwar rail line as well.”
“Uttarakhand has completed 20 years of its formation. In these years, you have also seen such people running the government who used to say — ‘you may loot Uttarakhand, but save my government’. These people looted Uttarakhand with both hands,” PM Modi said.
“It has been a permanent trademark of those who were in the government before, to hinder developmental projects. Lakhwar Project, which started today, has the same history. It was first thought of in 1976. Today, after 46 years, our government has laid the foundation stone for its work,” PM Modi said.
PM Modi went on to say that service for Uttarakhand is like serving god and goddesses.
