Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena-BJP alliance's campaign for the crucial Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, when he launches a slew of projects worth Rs 36,000 crore that promise to transform the country's commercial capital on Thursday.
Modi's visit to Mumbai is of considerable political significance as he is visiting for the first time ever since the Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government in June last year after toppling the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government and the visit comes ahead of a formal announcement about the impending BMC elections.
Among the projects that he would inaugurate during his visit to the metropolis, Modi will dedicate Rs 12,600 crore worth Mumbai - 2A and 7 -Metro Line projects which will connect the western suburbs between Andheri and Dahisar. The Prime Minister had laid the foundation stone of these metro lines in 2015.
In addition to the throwing open the two metro lines to the public, hModi Modi is scheduled to launch the "MUMBAI 1 Mobile App and National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) Mumbai -1, an App will facilitate ease of travel, can be shown on the entry gates of Metro Stations and supports digital payment to buy tickets through UPI.
In an effort to boost civic amenities in Mumbai, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of seven sewage treatment plants, which will be built at a cost of around Rs 17,200 crores. These sewage treatment plants will be set up in Malad, Bhandup, Versova, Ghatkopar, Bandra, Dharavi and Worli. They will have a combined capacity of around 2,460 Million Litres a Day ( MLD).
Similarly to strengthen health care infrastructure in Mumbai, Modi will inaugurate 20 "Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Aapla Dawakhana" (civic hospitals). This initiative will provide essential medical services like health checkups, medicines, investigations and diagnostics completely free, to the people.
The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone for redevelopment of three hospitals in Mumbai viz. 360-bedded Bhandup Multispeciality Municipal Hospital, 306-bedded Siddharth Nagar Hospital, Goregaon-West and 152-bedded Oshiwara Maternity Home. This will benefit lakhs of residents of the city and will deliver top class medical facilities to them.
Modi will also kick-start the road concretisation project for around 400 km roads of Mumbai. This project will be developed at a cost of about Rs 6,100 crore.