The Prime Minister unveiled various development projects worth over Rs 7,000 crores in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan including the Mehsana – Bhatinda – Gurdaspur gas pipeline, constructed at an approximate cost of INR 4,500 crores.
Oct 2, 2023
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for various development projects worth about INR 7,000 crore in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. The Mehsana – Bhatinda – Gurdaspur gas pipeline, constructed at an approximate cost of INR 4500 crores, was inaugurated by the Prime Minister. The release added, “The pipeline has been built at a cost of about Rs 4500 crores. The Prime Minister will also dedicate the LPG Plant of HPCL at Abu Road. This plant will bottle and distribute 86 lakh cylinders per annum and will also result in a net reduction in the running of trucks carrying cylinders per annum by around 0.75 million Km, which will help reduce about 0.5 million tons of CO2 emission per annum. He will also dedicate additional storage at Ajmer Bottling Plant, IOCL.”
The railway projects were dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister including the projects involving the doubling of the Chittorgarh – Neemuch railway line and the Kota – Chittorgarh electrified railway line. Prime Minister dedicated tourism facilities developed at Nathdwara under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme. Addressing the program, Shri Narendra Modi said, “The development of backward areas has been the priority of his government. The government has selected aspirational districts of the country where development works are being done. Many districts of Rajasthan are also being developed under this scheme. Additionally, the government has taken one step forward in this scheme and taken up the work of the development of aspirational blocks.”