PM Modi to unveil projects worth ₹15,000 crore in West Bengal
The Hindu
PM Modi to unveil ₹15,000 crore development projects in West Bengal, including power stations, highways, and rail projects.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil development projects worth ₹15,000 crore in West Bengal on Saturday.
Mr. Modi arrived in the State on Friday on a two-day visit.
He will travel to Krishnanagar in Nadia district around 10.30 a.m., and unveil the projects.
Stringent security arrangements have been made for the Prime Minister's visit to the district, officials said.
The PM will lay the foundation stone of Damodar Valley Corporation's Raghunathpur Thermal Power Station Phase II (2x660 mw), located in the Purulia district.
He will inaugurate the flue gas desulfurisation (FGD) system at Mejia Thermal Power Station, developed at ₹650 crore.
He will also inaugurate the four-laning of the 100-km-long Farakka-Raiganj section of NH-12, built at ₹1,986 crore.