Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually kick off the ruling BJP’s campaign for the Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra on Wednesday, after he launches several development projects, including four-laned Section of Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad stretch of a national highway and lays foundation stones for some others, at Solapur.
During his second visit to Maharashtra in less than a month, the Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Rs 972.71 crore four-lane Section of Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad national highway (new NH-52) and lay foundation stone for a Rs 1,183 crore project for construction of 30,000 houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for beedi workers and textile workers, at Solapur in western Maharashtra.
The 98.72 km four-lane Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad national highway — constructed in a span of 910 days — will help improve the connectivity of Solapur in western Maharashtra with Marathwada region of the State. The highway consists of two major bridges, 17 minor bridges, 87 culverts, 14 underpasses, a 3.47 km by-pass and service roads of 33.21 km length.
Modi — who during his earlier visit to Solapur in August 2014 had laid foundation stone for four laning of Solapur-Maharashtra / Karnataka Border section of NH 9 and dedicated 765 kV Solapur-Raichur power transmission line – will also dedicate to the nation of Underground Sewerage System, and three Sewage Treatment Plants in Solapur. The sewerage project will increase the sewer coverage of the town and improve sanitation in the city. It will replace the existing system and also connect to the trunk sewers being implemented under AMRUT Mission.
The Prime Minister will also lay foundation stones for a Rs 244 crore Underground Sewerage System under AMRUT Mission and a project for improvement in Water Supply and Sewerage System, as part of Area Based Development in Solapur Smart City. This project is expected to bring significant improvement in service delivery and improve public health enabled by technology as a means to create smart outcomes for citizens.
After launching two development projects and laying foundation stones for three more major projects, Modi will in likelihood kick-start the BJP's Lok Sabha poll campaign at a public rally at Solapur, which incidentally is the home town of senior Congress leader and former Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.