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Development in Devbhoomi Nation

We all know how many rivers start from Uttarakhand, but since
independence people here have witnessed two more streams. One
is keeping the mountains away from development, and the other
is working day and night for the development of the mountains.
New hydro projects being built in Uttarakhand, increasing the
industrial capacity of the state will make this decade the decade of
Uttarakhand'' -Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

Irrigation: Six states will Projects launched
benefit from the Lakhwar
Multipurpose Project. Kumaon-Garhwal road All-weather road project
Health connectivity from Nagina from Tilon to Chuyrani
Care: AIIMS Connectivity to Kashipur. worth Rs 233 crore.
Rishikesh FOUR-TIER through 284 crores all-weather UJVN's five MW Suringad
Satellite Multiple road of 32 km Tanakpur- Hydroelectric Project worth
Centre, BENEFITS TO roads
Jagjivan UTTARAKHAND network Pithoragarh. ₹50 crores.
Ram Medical costing Rs All-weather road from The sewerage treatment
College. 8700 crores. Belkhet to Champawat plant at Ramnagar-Nainital
on Tanakpur-Pithoragarh under the Namami Gange
Inauguration of many worth Rs 267 crore. program worth Rs 50 crore.
initiatives for industry,
housing, sanitation,
drinking water. FOUNDATION STONE LAID FOR SEVERAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES

300 MW Lakhwar Multipurpose Construction of 151 bridges at a cost of about
Rs 450 crores
Project worth Rs 5,747 crore. Pithoragarh Medical College for Rs 455 crores.
85.30 km Moradabad-Kashipur Rs 205 crore 24 hours, seven-day drinking water supply
four-lane road project worth scheme
Rs 4,002 crore. Nine STPs under Namami Gange program for
73 water supply schemes Rs199 crore.
under Jal Jeevan Mission in 1256 units of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban
13 districts worth Rs 1250 worth - Rs171 crores.
crore. Aroma Park in Kashipur worth Rs 35 crores

133 routes of phase two of PM Rs 78 crores plan for strengthening sewerage system in
Nainital district
Gramin Sadak Yojana worth Plastic Industrial Park in Sitarganj worth - Rs 66 crores
Rs 627 crore. Madkota to Haldwani road route worth Rs 58 crores.
AIIMS satellite Centre will also Rs 54 crore Kichha to Pantnagar road
be built for Rs 455 crore. Rs 53 crore Khatima bypass. Project connecting Nepal
through Asian Highway to cost Rs 177 crore

Plastic Industrial Park in Sitarganj, and several These road projects will improve road
projects related to residential, sanitation, and connectivity in Garhwal, Kumaon, and Terai
drinking water supply across the state. region. Additionally, connectivity between
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 23 Uttarakhand and Nepal will also improve which
projects costing Rs 17,500 crore. This includes will prove to be strategically important along
six projects, including road widening projects, with boosting tourism, industrial and commercial
a hydroelectric project in Pithoragarh, and a activities. At the same time, Pithoragarh Medical
sewerage network improvement project in College along with the satellite center of AIIMS,
Nainital. The total cost of these projects is Rs Rishikesh will play an important role in improving
3,400 crore. the health infrastructure.

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