PM to visit Tamil Nadu, Lakshadweep on January 2-3 to inaugurate several development projects
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep on January 2 and 3, during which he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several development projects, his office said on Sunday.
A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said Modi will reach Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu on January 2 and will be the chief guest at the 38th convocation of Bharathidasan University.
At a public event in Tiruchirappalli, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for several development projects worth over Rs 19,850 crore related to aviation, rail, road, oil and gas, shipping and higher education sectors.
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After this Modi will reach Agatti in Lakshadweep where he will address a public function.
On January 3, the Prime Minister will reach Kavaratti in Lakshadweep, where he will lay the foundation stone of several development projects in Lakshadweep related to sectors like telecom, drinking water, solar energy and health.
At the event in Tiruchirappalli, he will inaugurate the new terminal building at Tiruchirappalli International Airport.
Developed at a cost of over Rs 1,100 crore, the two-level new international terminal building has the capacity to serve more than 44 lakh passengers annually and around 3,500 passengers during peak hours, the statement said.
Modi will dedicate to the nation several railway projects, including doubling of the 160 km rail line section up to Madurai-Tuticorin and three projects for rail line electrification.
The statement said the rail projects will help improve rail capacity to carry freight and passengers and contribute to economic growth and employment generation in Tamil Nadu.
Modi will also dedicate to the nation five road sector projects that will facilitate safe and fast travel of the people of the region and improve connectivity to industrial and commercial hubs like Trichy, Srirangam, Chidambaram, Rameshwaram, Dhanushkodi, Uthirakosamangai, Devipattinam, Irrawaddy, Madurai. Will improve. Among other things, the statement is sad.
He will also lay the foundation stone for road development projects, including construction of a 31-km four-lane road from Mugaiyur to Marakkanam on NH 332A. This road will connect ports on the east coast of Tamil Nadu, enhancing road connectivity. Provides better connectivity to Mamallapuram, a World Heritage Site, and Kalpakkam Nuclear Power Plant.
The Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation the General Cargo Berth-II (Automobile Export/Import Terminal-II and Capital Dredging Phase-V) of Kamarajar Port.
During the program he will also lay the foundation stone for important petroleum and natural gas projects worth more than Rs 9,000 crore. The projects in the petroleum and natural gas sector will be a step towards meeting the industrial, domestic and commercial requirements of energy. Area.
The Prime Minister will also dedicate to the nation the Demonstration Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant at the Indira Gandhi Atomic Research Center Kalpakkam.
Developed at a cost of Rs 400 crore, the plant is equipped with a unique design, the only one of its kind in the world and is capable of reprocessing both carbide and oxide fuel from fast reactors. It has been completely designed by Indian scientists and marks an important step towards building large commercial scale fast reactor fuel reprocessing plants.
Among other projects, Modi will inaugurate ‘Amethyst’, a 500-bed boys’ hostel of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchirappalli.
During his visit to Lakshadweep, Modi will lay the foundation stone of development projects worth more than Rs 1,150 crore.
In a transformative move, the Prime Minister had pledged to address the challenge of slow internet speeds in Lakshadweep Islands by launching the Kochi-Lakshadweep Islands Submarine Optical Fiber Connection (KLI-SOFC) project and in his Independence Day speech made a Had announced. August 2020 at the Red Fort.
The project has now been completed and will be inaugurated by Modi. The statement said that this will increase the internet speed by more than 100 times (from 1.7 Gbps to 200 Gbps).
For the first time after independence, Lakshadweep will be connected through submarine optic fiber cable. The dedicated submarine OFC will ensure a paradigm shift in communication infrastructure in Lakshadweep islands, enabling faster and more reliable internet services, telemedicine, e-governance, educational initiatives, digital banking, digital currency usage, digital literacy etc.
