PM Modi to lay AIIMS foundation in Uttarakhand, launch 23 projects worth Rs 17,500 crore

New Delhi: As part of the exercise to expand the medical infrastructure of the state and provide world-class medical facilities in different parts of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of AIIMS Rishikesh satellite centre in Udham Singh Nagar district and Jagjivan Ram Government Medical College at Pithoragarh. PM Narendra Modi will visit Haldwani in Uttarakhand today to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 23 projects worth over Rs 17,500 crore, the PMO said.

These two hospitals are being built at a cost of about Rs 500 crores and Rs 450 crore respectively. The improved medical infrastructure will not only help Kumaon and Terai regions but also the bordering areas of Uttar Pradesh.

The foundation stone will be laid for 17 projects worth over Rs 14,100 crore, and they cover sectors ranging from cross irrigation, road, housing, health infrastructure, industry, sanitation to drinking water supply among others.

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Modi will inaugurate six projects, including multiple road widening exercises, a hydropower facility in Pithoragarh and those to improve sewerage network in Nainital. The cumulative cost of the projects being inaugurated is over Rs 3,400 crore, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said.

The prime minister will lay the foundation stone of the Lakhwar multipurpose project to be built at the cost of about Rs 5,750 crore. This project was first conceived in 1976 and was stuck before being revived by Modi's vision to prioritise long pending projects, it said.

This project of national importance, will enable irrigation of about 34,000 hectare additional land, produce 300 MW hydro power and supply drinking water to Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan.

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