Thursday, 30 December 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for developmental projects worth Rs 17,500 crore in Haldwani on Thursday ahead of the assembly elections in Uttarakhand. The projects include Nagina-Kashipur National Highway, Suring Gad hydel project and sewage works under the Namami Gange programme at Nainital. Among multiple projects inaugurated by Modi, the key projects are Lakhwar multi-purpose hydroelectricity project worth Rs 5,747 crore, an AIIMS satellite centre for Kumaon worth Rs 500 crore, Moradabad-Kashipur four-lane road, improved road connectivity with Nepal and an Aroma Park in Kashipur. This is Modi’s third visit to the poll-bound state in the past two months. He had launched developmental and infrastructural projects of about Rs 18,000 crore on his last visit to Uttarakhand.
