UDAIPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for various development projects worth Rs 7,000 crore during his visit to Chittorgarh on Monday.
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The PM will inaugurate the Mehsana-Bhatinda-Gurdaspur gas pipeline that has been built at a cost of about Rs 4,500 crore. He will open an LPG plant of HPCL at Abu Road which will bottle and distribute 86 lakh cylinders per annum.
The plant will result in net reduction in running of trucks carrying cylinders per annum by around 0.75 million km, thereby reducing about 0.5 million tonne of CO2 emission per annum. He will also open an additional storage facility at Ajmer bottling plant of IOCL.
Boost to rail and road infra in RajasthanDuring the visit to Sanwaliyaji in Chittorgarh, the PM will dedicate to the nation projects such as the doubling of Chittorgarh-Neemuch railway line and Kota-Chittorgarh electrified railway line. These have been completed at a cost of more than Rs 650 crore and will strengthen rail infrastructure in the region and boost tourism to historic sites in the state.
The PM will also open tourism facilities developed at Nathdwara under Swadesh Darshan Scheme. Nathdwara is the major centre of faith for millions of followers of the Pushtimarg propagated by Saint Vallabhacharya. A modern tourism and cultural centre has been set up at Nathdwara to learn about the life of Shrinathji. He will also open the permanent campus of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kota.