India today got its longest cable-stayed bridge Sudarshan Setu connecting Okha mainland and Beyt Dwarka island. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the bridge this morning and dedicated it to the public. Before the inauguration, Prime Minister Modi performed pooja and darshan at Beyt Dwarka temple this morning. PM Modi then visited Dwarkadhish Temple. Later in the aftenoon, PM Modi dedicated and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 4,150 crore in Dwarka. At around 3:30 PM, the Prime Minister will visit AIIMS Rajkot.
#WATCH | Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Sudarshan Setu, country’s longest cable-stayed bridge of around 2.32 km, connecting Okha mainland and Beyt Dwarka. pic.twitter.com/4OpY0ekCDH
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At around 4:30 PM, the Prime Minister will inaugurate, dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 48,100 crore at Race Course Ground, Rajkot. There are a total of 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat and the BJP had won all of them in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Now, with the flurry of development projects, the BJP is again wooing voters to repeat its previous election's performance.
The Sudarshan Setu, which would be inaugurated by PM @narendramodi in a short while! pic.twitter.com/zF5RbvaYoN
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Sudarshan Setu- Key Features
The Prime Minister dedicated to the nation, Sudarshan Setu connecting Okha mainland and Beyt Dwarka island built at a cost of around Rs 980 crores. It is the longest Cable-stayed bridge in the country around 2.32 Km.
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Sudarshan Setu boasts a unique design, featuring a footpath adorned with verses from Shrimad Bhagavad Gita and images of Bhagwan Krishna on both sides. It also has solar panels installed on the upper portions of the footpath, generating one megawatt of electricity. This bridge will ease transportation and significantly reduce the time of devotees travelling between Dwarka and Beyt-Dwarka. Before the bridge's construction, pilgrims had to rely on boat transport to reach Beyt Dwarka. This iconic bridge will also serve as a major tourist attraction of Devbhumi Dwarka.
Pipeline, Rail Project
Prime Minister Modi will dedicate a pipeline project at Vadinar involving replacement of existing offshore lines, abandoning the existing Pipeline End Manifold (PLEM), and relocating the entire system (pipelines, the PLEMs and the interconnecting loop line) at a nearby new location. Prime Minister Modi will dedicate Rajkot-Okha, Rajkot-Jetalsar-Somnath and Jetalsar-Wansjaliya Rail Electrification projects to the nation.
Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for widening of Dhoraji-Jamkandorna-Kalavad section of NH-927D; Regional Science Center at Jamnagar; Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) system installation at Sikka Thermal Power Station, Jamnagar among others.
PM Modi In Rajkot
At the public function in Rajkot, PM Modi will inaugurate, dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 48,100 crore, encompassing important sectors like health, road, rail, energy, petroleum & natural gas, tourism among others. In a significant step towards strengthening tertiary health care in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation five All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Rajkot (Gujarat), Bathinda (Punjab), Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh), Kalyani (West Bengal) and Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh). PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation more than 200 Health Care Infrastructure Projects worth more than Rs 11,500 crore across 23 States /UTs.
Healthcare Boost For Region
Prime Minister Modi will dedicate the Medical College of JIPMER at Karaikal, Puducherry and 300 bedded Satellite Centre of Post Graduate Institute of Medical and Educational Research (PGIMER) in Sangrur, Punjab, among others. He will inaugurate 90 bedded Multi Specialty Consulting Unit of JIPMER at Yanam, Puducherry; the National Centre for Aging in Chennai; new Government Medical College in Purnea, Bihar; 2 field units of ICMR namely, National Institute of Virology Kerala Unit, at Alappuzha, Kerala and National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT): New Composite TB Research Facility, Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, among others. Prime Minister Modi will lay the foundation stone of various health projects including 100 bedded Satellite Centre of PGIMER at Ferozpur, Punjab; the new Medical College building in RML Hospital, Delhi; Critical Care Block in RIMS, Imphal; Nursing Colleges at Koderma and Dumka in Jharkhand, among others.
In addition to these, under the National Health Mission and Prime Minister-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM), PM Modi will also inaugurate, dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of 115 projects. These include 78 projects under PM-ABHIM (50 units of Critical Care Blocks, 15 units of Integrated Public health Labs, 13 units of Block Public Health Units); 30 units of various projects like Community Health Centre, Primary Health Care Center, Model Hospital, Transit Hostel etc. under National Health Mission among others.
The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the National Institute of Naturopathy named ‘Nisarg Gram’ at Pune. It comprises Naturopathy Medical College along with 250 bedded hospital with a Multi-disciplinary Research and Extension Centre. Further, he will also inaugurate the Central Research Institute of Yoga & Naturopathy at Jhajjar, Haryana. It will have apex level Yoga and Naturopathy Research facilities
During the event, he will inaugurate and dedicate to the nation 21 projects of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), worth around Rs. 2280 crores. Projects being dedicated to nation include 2 medical colleges and hospitals at Patna (Bihar) and Alwar (Rajasthan); 8 hospitals at Korba (Chhattisgarh), Udaipur (Rajasthan), Adityapur (Jharkhand), Phulwari Sharif (Bihar), Tiruppur (Tamil Nadu), Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) and Raigarh & Bhilai in Chhattisgarh; and 3 dispensaries at Neemrana, Abu Road, and Bhilwara in Rajasthan. ESI dispensaries at 8 locations will also be inaugurated at Alwar, Behror & Sitapura in Rajasthan, Selaqui (Uttarakhand), Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Koratty & Navaikulam in Kerala and Pydibhimavaram (Andhra Pradesh).
Energy Infra
In a step to boost the production of renewable energy in the region, PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of various renewable energy projects including the 300 MW Bhuj-II Solar power project; Grid Connected 600 MW Solar PV Power project; Khavda Solar Power Project; 200 MW Dayapur-II Wind Energy Project among others.
Prime Minister Modi will also lay the foundation stone of the New Mundra- Panipat pipeline project worth over Rs 9,000 crore. The 1,194 km long Mundra- Panipat Pipeline with an installed capacity of 8.4 MMTPA was commissioned to transport crude oil from Mundra on the Gujarat coast to Indian Oil's refinery at Panipat in Haryana.
Strengthening the road and rail infrastructure in the region, PM Modi will dedicate doubling of the Surendranagar- Rajkot Rail line; four laning of Bhavnagar- Talaja (Package-I) of old NH-8E; Pipli-Bhavnagar (Package-I) of NH-751. He will also lay the foundation stone of six laning with paved shoulder of Samakhiyali to Santalpur section of NH-27, among others.
