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PM Narendra Modi to launch slew of projects in Madhya Pradesh today

The Prime Minister will dedicate the Mohanpura irrigation project worth Rs 3,866 crore to the people of the state. This project, which includes a dam and a canal system, will benefit 727 villages in Madhya Pradesh.

PM Narendra Modi to launch slew of projects in Madhya Pradesh today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: IANS/File)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate several development projects, including Mohanpura Irrigation Project in Rajgarh and urban transport scheme named ‘Sutra Seva” in Indore, during his one-day visit to Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.

In the first leg of his visit, PM Modi will dedicate the Mohanpura Irrigation Project worth Rs 3,866 crore, in Rajgarh district, to the people of the state. This project, which includes a dam and a canal system, will benefit 727 villages in Madhya Pradesh.

He will also address a public meeting in Rajgarh to lay the foundation stone of various drinking water schemes and inspect an exhibition on development projects in Rajgarh.

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In the second leg of his visit, the Prime Minister will arrive in Indore where he will attend the Madhya Pradesh Shehari Vikas Mahotsav and remotely inaugurate various urban development projects worth over 4000 crore rupees, at various locations across the State.

These include houses under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana, urban drinking water supply schemes, urban solid waste management, urban sanitation, urban transportation and urban landscape projects.

Swachh Survekshan 2018 awards 

PM Modi will also felicitate the winners of cleanliness survey – Swachh Survekshan 2018. He will give away awards to the representatives of Indore, Bhopal and Chandigarh, the cities that secured top three positions in the survey, the official said.

‘Sutra Seva’:  Urban transport scheme

PM Modi Modi will also inaugurate the state government’s urban transport scheme named ‘Sutra Seva’ at Indore’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

This economical bus service — ‘Sutra Seva: MP Ki Apni Bus’ — is being introduced in 20 selected cities of the state.

The Urban Development and Housing Department will make the bus service available inside and outside the cities under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme through private partnership.

In the first phase of ‘Sutra Seva’, 127 buses will start plying in four municipal corporation cities — Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and Chhindwara — and in two municipal council towns — Guna and Bhind.

Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana

The ‘griha pravesh’ (house warming ceremony) of all 1,00,219 beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana will be performed simultaneously across the state.

The Prime Minister will also dedicate 23 development projects undertaken at a cost of Rs 278.26 crore in Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Gwalior and Ujjain under the Smart City Mission, the official said.

Water scheme

During the programme, PM Narendra Modi will also inaugurate drinking water schemes for 14 urban areas. Parks developed under the AMRUT Yojana in 10 urban areas, including Khandwa, Burhanpur, Khargone, Sehore, Hoshangabad, Bhopal, Pithampur, Guna, Gwalior and Rewa, will also be dedicated to the people during the programme. Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh are scheduled to be held by the end of this year.

(with agency inputs)

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