Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Dehradun and inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple projects worth around Rs 18,000 crore on 4th December 2021 at 1 pm. According to an official statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Modi will lay the foundation stone of 11 development projects, including the government’s ambitious project — the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor (from Eastern Peripheral Expressway Junction to Dehradun).
The corridor will be built at a cost of around Rs 8,300 crore and after completion will reduce the travel time from Delhi to Dehradun to two-and-a-half hours. At present, it takes six hours to travel from Delhi to the Uttarakhand capital.
The corridor will have seven major interchanges for connectivity to Haridwar, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Yamunagar, Baghpat, Meerut and Baraut. It will also have Asia’s largest wildlife elevated corridor (12 km) for unrestricted movement of animals, according to the PMO release.
A bridge across the River Ganga next to the Laksham Jhula will also be constructed. The world renowned Lakshman Jhula was constructed in 1929, but has now been closed due to decreased load carrying capacity. The bridge to be constructed will have provision of a glass deck for people walking, and will also allow light weight vehicles to move across, the statement said.
Foundation stone for projects related to development of water supply, road and drainage system in Dehradun at a cost of over Rs 700 crore will also be laid.
In line with Modi’s vision to develop smart spiritual towns and upgrade tourism related infrastructure, the foundation stone for infrastructure development works at Shri Badrinath Dham and Gangotri-Yamunotri Dham will be laid. Also, a new medical college in Haridwar will be constructed at a cost of over Rs 500 crore, it said.
He will also inaugurate seven projects, including those which focus on making travel safer by tackling the problem of chronic landslides in the region.
Among these projects are the landslide mitigation project at Lambagad (which is en-route the Badrinath Dham), and chronic landslide treatment at Sakanidhar, Srinagar and Devprayag on NH-58. The Lambagad landslide mitigation project in the chronic landslide zone includes construction of reinforced earth wall and rockfall barriers. The location of the project further adds on to its strategic significance.
Also being inaugurated are the road widening projects from Devprayag to Srikot, and from Brahmpuri to Kodiyala on NH-58, under Chardham road connectivity project, the PMO said.
