Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 9750 crores in Rewari, Haryana, on Friday. “Lakhs of people” will benefit from these projects, said the PM.
“Lakhs of people will benefit from new railway lines like Rohtak, Meham, Hansi, Jind, Sonipat and doubling of lines like Ambala Cantt, Dappar. When such facilities are created, life becomes easier, and business also becomes easier,” said PM Modi while addressing a public rally.
Going in the past, the PM said that before his government came to power, “an average budget of Rs 300 crore was available” for the railways in the state.
“Before 2014, an average budget of Rs 300 crore was available every year for the development of railways in Haryana. This year a budget of approximately Rs 3,000 crore has been kept for Railways in Haryana,” PM added.
“In the last 10 years, there has been unprecedented development in Haryana from connectivity to public facilities,” PM Modi stressed.
PM laid the foundation stone of the following railway projects:
a) Doubling of Rewari-Kathuwas rail line (27.73 Km)
b) Doubling of Kathuwas-Narnaul rail line (24.12 Km)
c) Doubling of Bhiwani-Dobh Bhali rail line (42.30 Km)
d) Doubling of Manheru-Bawani Khera rail line (31.50 Km)
The prime minister also laid the foundation stone of the Gurugram Metro Rail project. It will be developed at a cost of about Rs 5450 crore. The total length is 28.5 km.
He also laid the foundation stone of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rewari. It will be built at a cost of about Rs 1650 crore.
The prime minister also inaugurated a newly built Anubhav Kendra Jyotisar, Kurukshetra.