Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Deoghar and Patna on July 12. In Deoghar he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various developmental projects worth more than `16,000 crores. Thereafter he will have Darshan and perform Pooja at Baba Baidyanath temple, one of the 12 Jyotirlingas.
He will then leave for Patna wherein he will address the closing ceremony of Centenary celebrations of Bihar Legislative Assembly. According to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), in a step towards boosting infrastructure development, the Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of various projects worth over `16,000 crore in Deoghar.
These projects will help in significantly improving socio-economic prosperity in the region. As a key step to provide direct connectivity to Baba Baidyanath Dham, which is an important religious destination for devotees from all over the country, he will inaugurate the Deoghar Airport. It has been constructed at an estimated cost of around `400 crore. The Terminal Building of the airport is equipped to handle over five lakhs passengers annually. The services at AIIMS Deoghar will get a further boost as Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation the In-Patient Department (IPD) and Operation Theatre services at AIIMS, Deoghar. This is in accordance with Prime Minister’s vision to develop excellent health care facilities in all parts of country.
The Prime Minister’s commitment to develop world class infrastructure at places of religious importance across country and improve facilities to the tourists in all such places, will get a further boost as components of project “Development of Baidyanath Dham, Deoghar” sanctioned under the PRASAD Scheme of Ministry of Tourism will get inaugurated, said PMO.
The projects being inaugurated by the Prime Minister include development of two large pilgrimage congregation halls with a capacity of 2000 pilgrims each; Jalsar lake front development; Shivganga Pond development among others. The new amenities will further enrich the tourism experience for lakhs of devotees who visit Baba Baidyanath Dham.
The Prime Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple road projects worth more than Rs. 10,000 crores.
The projects that are being inaugurated include six laning of Gorhar to Barwada section of NH-2; widening of Rajganj-Chas upto West Bengal border section of NH-32 among others.
In Patna, the PM will lay the foundation stone of Vidhan Sabha museum. Different galleries in the museum will demonstrate the history of democracy in Bihar and evolution of current civic structure.
It will also have a Conference Hall with a capacity of more than 250 persons. He will also lay the foundation stone of Vidhan Sabha guest house on the occasion, said PMO.