Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the poll-bound Himachal Pradesh on Thursday to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of various projects, including laying foundation stone of Bulk Drug park.
Modi is scheduled to visit Una and Chamba, where he will also be addressing rallies. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday reviewed the preparations for the Prime Minister’s rallies at Chamba’s Chougan and also at the Indira Gandhi Stadium at Una.
As per the itinerary, Modi will flag off the new Vande Bharat Express from Una railway station and then dedicate IIIT Una to the nation. He will also lay the foundation stone of Bulk Drug Park in Una, following which he will lay the foundation stone of two hydropower projects during a public function in Chamba, and launch Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-III.
In Una, Prime Minister Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Bulk Drug Park at Haroli, which will be built at a cost of over Rs 1,900 crore. The Park will help reduce dependence on API imports and is expected to attract investment of around Rs 10,000 crores and provide employment to more than 20,000 people.
Modi will also dedicate Rs128 crore Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Una to the nation. Its foundation stone was laid by him in 2017 and currently, more than 530 students are pursuing studies at this Institute.
In Chamba, the Prime Minister Mdi is slated to lay the foundation stone of two hydropower projects — the 48 MW Chanju-III Hydro-electric Project and the 30 MW Deothal Chanju Hydro-electric Project. Both these projects will generate over 270 million units of electricity annually and Himachal Pradesh is expected to get annual revenue of around Rs 110 crore from these projects.
Modi will also launch Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-III in Himachal Pradesh for upgradation of around 3,125 kms of roads in the hilly state. More than Rs 420 crores has been sanctioned by the Central Government under this phase for the upgradation of 440 kms of roads in 15 border and far flung blocks of the State.
“This is the Prime Minister’s ninth visit to the State in the last five years, which shows the bonding he shares with the State and its people. The Congress leaders are baffled due to Prime Minister’s these visits as they knew that Congress would be completely wiped out from the State in the coming assembly general elections,” said Chief Minister Thakur.
Reviewing preparations, Thakur directed the concerned authorities to make foolproof and adequate arrangements for making the event a success. He said that the Prime Minister after addressing the public meeting at Una would also address a rally at historic Chamba Chaugan.
Also visiting the Chougan ground where the public meeting would take place, Thakur directed the authorities concerned to complete all arrangements in a foolproof manner to make the rally a success. All the required yardsticks must be taken care of, he added.