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More than

r1,457

crores Flue Gas
Desulphurization (FGD) of
Durgapur Steel Thermal Power
Station and Raghunathpur
Thermal Power Station,
dedicated to the nation.

six eastern states, including
West Bengal. This will help in
Quality of Life to Improve delivering affordable piped
gas to industries and kitch-
n Prime Minister Narendra Modi ens in these states. PM Modi
dedicated the Durgapur to Kolkata also said that the industrial
section (132 km) of Durgapur-Haldia We have to make India area of Durgapur has now
Natural Gas Pipeline to the nation. It is developed by 2047. Our become a part of the Na-
also known as the Pradhan Mantri Urja path is - empowerment tional Gas Grid. This project
Ganga Pariyojana. through development. will benefit the industries of
n Doubling of the Purulia-Kotshila rail Self-reliance through the region. Affordable piped
line (36 km) completed at a cost of employment and good gas will reach about 30 lakh
more than Rs 390 crore. governance through homes in West Bengal.
Major steel and power
n Rail connectivity between the industrial sensitivity. Following plants in Durgapur and
hub of Jamshedpur, Bokaro, and these values, we will Raghunathpur have been
Dhanbad with Ranchi and Kolkata will make West Bengal upgraded with new technol-
improve. a strong engine of ogy. An investment of about
n Inauguration of two Road Over India’s development Rs 1,500 crore has been
Bridges (ROBs) constructed under the journey. made in these plants. These
Setu Bharatam program at Topsi and - Narendra Modi, plants will now be more
Pandabeshwar in Paschim Bardhaman Prime Minister efficient and able to compete
at a cost of more than Rs 380 crore. globally. Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi said, whether it
CNG and PNG will be easily available is India’s factories or farms,
The foundation stone of the city gas distribution project was laid in Bankura every effort is inspired by a
and Purulia districts of West Bengal at a cost of about Rs 1,950 crore. It will single resolve - to make India
provide PNG connections to homes, commercial establishments, and industrial a developed nation by the
customers. Employment opportunities will also be created in the area. year 2047. n

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