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Nation
Gifts for Mumbai and Karnataka

DEVELOPMENT ON FAST TRACK

Prime Minister lays foundation stone and

inaugurates multiple projects worth Rs. 50,000

crore in Mumbai and Karnataka

In Amrit Kaal, the nation has resolved to build a developed India. India can only advance if every
citizen, family, and state joins this campaign. Transportation, roads, and safe drinking water
became more widely available across the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched and

laid the foundation for projects worth approximately Rs 50,000 crores in Mumbai and Karnataka
on January 19. With this, Mumbai has taken a new direction in its development. This is yet another
significant step toward a developing India.

n January 19, Prime Minister Narendra Left Bank Canal expansion, reconstruction, and
Modi laid the foundation stone and modernization project.
Oinaugurated projects related to Mumbai's This is the first time since independence that
development worth approximately Rs 39,000 India is dreaming big and having the courage
crore in the metro rail, railway, road-transport, to pursue those dreams. In the last eight
and health sectors. Under the PM SVANidhi years, we have changed our approach. Today,
Yojana, cash transfers (DBT) have been made India is investing in upgrading its physical and
into the bank accounts of one lakh Mumbai social infrastructure with a forward-thinking
street vendors. The PM SVANidhi Yojana has and modern approach. While housing, toilets,
benefited over 35 lakh road users across the electricity, water, cooking gas, free medical
country, including 5 lakh in Maharashtra. In treatment, medical colleges, AIIMS, IIT, and IIM
addition, as part of the Jal Jeevan Mission in are rapidly expanding, so is modern connectivity.
Karnataka, he laid the foundation stone for a During the programme, Prime Minister
multi-village drinking water supply scheme at Modi stated, "We are working on the complete
Codekal in Yadgiri district, as well as inaugurated transformation of cities across the country.
and laid the foundation stone for several other We intend to introduce a biofuel-powered
development projects, including the Narayanpur transportation system. In addition, mission-mode

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