PM unveils projects in WB

 

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched development projects worth over Rs 830 crore in West Bengal and flagged off three Amrit Bharat trains connecting Kolkata with other parts of the country. At a function in Hooghly district’s Singur, the Prime Minister also inaugurated the Jayrambati Barogopinathpur-Maynapur rail line, and flagged off a train between Maynapur and Jayrambati. “All central projects will accelerate the development of West Bengal.

 

The Central Government is working to meet the goal of a developed eastern India,” the Prime Minister said while addressing the programme. The PM laid the foundation stone for the Extended Port Gate System, including an Inland Water Transport (IWT) terminal and a road over bridge, at Balagarh in Hooghly district, according to a statement issued by PMO.

 

Spreadoverapproximately900 acres of land, Balagarh is being developed as a modern cargo handling terminal with an envisaged capacity of about 2.7 million tonnes per annum (MTPA). The Balagarh project aims to significantly improve cargo evacuation efficiency by diverting vessel movement away from congested urban corridors. Modi also flagged off three Amrit Bharat Express trains connecting Kolkata with New Delhi, Varanasi and Chennai.

 

These trains will run on the Howrah-Anand Vihar Terminal Sealdah-Banaras, and Santragachi-Tambaram routes. PM LAYS FOUNDATION STONE FOR RS 6,957-CR KAZIRANGA CORRIDOR, FLAGS OFF 2 AMRIT BHARAT TRAINS: PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone for the Rs 6,957-crore Kaziranga Elevated Corridor, and virtually flagged off two Amrit Bharat trains in Assam’s Nagaon district. Modi, who arrived here from Guwahati in the final leg of his two-day visit to the state, performed ‘Bhoomi Poojan’ of the Kaziranga project.