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Gifts to Maharashtra Nation
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WITH A HUMAN TOUCH
Social Infra: Ayushman Bharat scheme to provide
free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh to every poor person.
Cultural Infra: Development of our places of faith
from Kashi, Kedarnath, and Ujjain to Pandharpur.
Financial Infra: Jan Dhan Yojana to connect more
than 45 crores of poor with the banking system.
Medical Infra: Campaign to open modern hospitals
like Nagpur AIIMS, campaign to open medical
colleges in every district.
FOUNDATION STONE OF PHASE-2 OF NAGPUR METRO
MAHARASHTRA SAMRUDDHI HIGHWAY Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated 'Nagpur
INAUGURATED IN NAGPUR Metro Phase-I' to the nation. Flagged off two metro
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated trains from Khapri to Automotive Square and
Prajapati Nagar to Lokmanya Nagar at Khapri Metro
the first phase of the 520 km long Samruddhi Station. The cost of the first phase of Nagpur Metro
Mahamarg i.e. Nagpur-Mumbai Super has been Rs 8650 crore. The Prime Minister also
Communication Expressway project laid the foundation stone of the second phase of the
connecting Nagpur and Shirdi. This is a major Nagpur Metro. The second phase will be developed
step towards realizing PM Modi's vision of at a cost of over Rs 6700 crore. During his visit to
providing better connectivity and infrastructure Nagpur Metro, the Prime Minister also interacted with
across the country. One of the longest students, people from the startup sector, and citizens
expressways in India, this expressway is 701 from all walks of life.
kilometers long. The expressway, which cost
around Rs 55,000 crore, passes through 10 FLAGGED OFF THE SIXTH VANDE BHARAT EXPRESS TRAIN
districts of Maharashtra and the major urban Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the new
areas of Amravati, Aurangabad, and Nashik. Vande Bharat Express connecting Nagpur and
This expressway will help in the progress of Bilaspur. This is the sixth indigenous Vande Bharat
about 24 districts of the state including the train of the country. Along with this, he also laid the
regions of Vidarbha, Marathwada, and North foundation stone for the redevelopment work of
Maharashtra. Nagpur Railway Station and Ajni Railway Station to be
redeveloped at a cost of Rs 950 crore. Prime Minister
NAGPUR AIIMS DEDICATED TO THE NATION dedicated Government Maintenance Depot, Ajni
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also dedicated (Nagpur) and Kohli-Narkher Section of Nagpur- Itarsi
Nagpur AIIMS to the nation. He inspected the Third line project to the Nation. About Rs 560 crore
Nagpur AIIMS project model and visited the have been spent on these projects.
Milestone Exhibition Gallery. The foundation STEPS TAKEN TOWARD CAPACITY BUILDING AND
stone of the hospital established under INFRASTRUCTURE CREATION
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation
was also laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi stone of the National Institute of One Health (NIO)
in July 2017. Built at a cost of over Rs 1575 Nagpur which is a significant step towards building
crore, the hospital has state-of-the-art facilities capacity and infrastructure in the country under the
including OPD, IPD, diagnostic services, 'One Health' approach. The 'One Health' approach
operation theaters, and 38 departments. This recognizes that human health is linked to the health
hospital will provide modern health facilities of animals and the environment. Also, Prime Minister
to the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. Also, Modi laid the foundation stone of the Nag river
it is a boon for the nearby tribal areas of pollution abatement project in Nagpur, on which
Gadchiroli, Gondia, and Melghat. about Rs 1925 crore would be spent.
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