Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Hyderabad and Chennai on Thursday. During the Chennai leg of the visit, the prime minister will lay the foundation stone of 11 projects worth Rs 31,400 crore and while in Hyderabad, Modi will address the graduation ceremony of Post Graduate Programme (PGP) Class of 2022.
The projects to be showcased include the 75-km long Madurai-Teni (Railway Gauge Conversion Project), built at a project cost of over Rs 500 crore, which will facilitate access and give a boost to tourism in the region; a 30-km long third railway line between Tambaram-Chengalpattu, built at a project cost of over Rs 590 crore; the 115-km long Ennore-Chengalpattu section and the 271-km long Thiruvallur-Bengaluru section of ETBPNMT natural gas pipeline, built at a project cost of around Rs 850 crore and Rs 910 crore respectively.
The programme will also witness the inauguration of 1152 houses constructed as part of the Light House Project – Chennai, built at a cost of Rs 116 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban.
PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of six projects, being built at a cost of over Rs 28,500 crore. The 262-Km long Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway worth project cost of Rs 14,870 crore will pass-through states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and help reduce travel time between Bengaluru and Chennai by 2-3 hours. The 4 Lane double decker elevated road connecting Chennai Port to Maduravoyal (NH-4), of about 21 Km in length, will be built at a cost of over Rs 5850 crore. It will facilitate round the clock approach of goods vehicles to Chennai port.
The 94 km long 4 lane Neraluru to Dharmapuri section of NH-844 and 31 km long 2 lane with paved shoulders of Meensurutti to Chidambaram section of NH-227, being built at a cost of around Rs 3,870 crore and Rs 720 respectively, will help provide seamless connectivity in the region.
The foundation stones for redevelopment of five Railway stations: Chennai Egmore, Rameswaram, Madurai, Katpadi and Kanniyakumari, will also be laid during the programme. This project will be completed at a cost of over Rs 1800 crore, and is being undertaken with a view to enhance convenience and comfort of the passengers through provision of modern amenities. Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone of a Multi Modal Logistic Park at Chennai worth over Rs. 1400 crore. It will provide seamless intermodal freight movement and also offer multiple functionalities.
