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Gifts for Mumbai and Karnataka Nation
Projects worth Rs 38,800 Projects worth Rs 10,800
crores for Mumbai crore in Karnataka
MUMBAI KARNATAKA
n Lines 2A and 7 of the Mumbai Metro Rail n Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, the foundation
dedicated to the city. The metro line that stone of the Yadgir Multi-Village Drinking
connects Dahisar E to DN Nagar (yellow line) Water Supply Scheme was laid at Codekal
is 18.6 kilometres long, while the line that in the Yadigari district. More than 700 rural
connects Andheri E to Dahisar E (red line) is settlements and approximately 2.3 lakh
16.5 kilometres long. households in three towns in the Yadigari
n Launched the Mumbai1 mobile app as well as district will benefit from this project.
the National Common Mobility Card. n Inauguration of the Narayanpur Left Bank Canal
Laid foundation for seven sewage treatment Expansion, Reconstruction, and Modernization
n Project. A canal project with a capacity of 10
plants thousand cusecs can irrigate 4.5 lakh hectares
Inaugurated 20 Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb
n of arable land. This project will benefit more
Thackeray Aapla Dawakhana. Health than three lakh farmers in 560 villages in
check-ups, medicine, examinations, and Kalburgi, Yadigari, and Vijaypur districts.
treatment will all be provided for free in these n A 65.5-km and 71-km stretch of the Surat-
dispensaries. Chennai Expressway (NH-150-C) six-lane
n Laid foundation stones for the redevelopment greenfield road project was laid. This
of the 360-bed Bhandup Multispecialty expressway will connect six states: Gujarat,
Municipal Hospital, the 306-bed Siddharth Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra
Nagar Hospital, and the 152-bed Oshiwara Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. This will reduce the
Maternity Home. distance from 1600 km to 1270 km.
n Launched road concretisation project for n Around 1475 unregistered settlements in
around 400 kilometres of roads in Mumbai. Kalburgi, Yadgiri, Raichur, Bidar, and Vijayapura
n Foundation stone laid for the redevelopment were declared new revenue villages. More than
of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, 50,000 beneficiaries in these settlements were
which will cost Rs 1800 crore. formally recognised by the issuance of title
deeds to their lands.
The role of our cities in creating a developed India
is paramount. In the next 25 years, many cities
in the state are going to accelerate the growth
of India, so preparing Mumbai for the future is a
priority of this double-engine government.
-Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
work for hydrogen fuel-related transportation
systems is underway in the country. top priority is development." PM Modi stated
"The people of Mumbai, the common people during the Karnataka programme that water
here, are facing problems; this city is yearning security is a critical issue for the development
for development; this situation can never of 21st-century India. If India is to develop, it
be acceptable in 21st-century India," Prime must overcome water security challenges lke
Minister Narendra Modi says. It will never border security, maritime security, and internal
happen in Shivaji Maharaj's Maharashtra. "Our security.
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