PM Modi inaugurates development projects in Rajasthan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched multiple projects worth Rs 5000 crore in pollbound Rajasthan and asserted that they will lead to further development of the stateAt a function here PM Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated multiple development projects in sectors like road rail aviation health and higher educationThe projects started today will lead to further development Together we have to make Rajasthan a developed and prosperous state he said speaking at the functionHe said till 2014 only 600 km railway line was electrified in Rajasthan while in the last nine years more than 3700 km of railway track has been electrifiedThe prime minister laid the foundation stone of various projects including a 350bedded trauma centre and critical care hospital block at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur and seven critical care blocks under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission PMABHIM to be developed across the stateThe centre at the AIIMS will be developed at a cost of more than Rs 350 croreThe facility will bring a holistic approach in management of trauma and emergency cases by providing multidisciplinary and comprehensive care to patients while critical care blocks across Rajasthan will augment district level critical care infrastructureThe prime minister also laid the foundation stone for the development of a stateoftheart new terminal building at the Jodhpur airport costing Rs 480 crore and inaugurated the IIT Jodhpur campus as wellThe new terminal building will be developed in an area of about 24000 sqm and will be equipped to provide services to 2500 passengers during peak hours It will cater to 35 lakh passengers annually improving connectivity and boosting tourism in the regionAmong other projects he laid the foundation stone of multiple road development projects to be built at a cumulative cost of about Rs 1475 crore and also flagged off two new train services in the stateUnion minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was among those present at the programmeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever