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Nation Development

SEVEN SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INAUGURATED

Prime Minister Narendra
Modi inaugurated seven
sewer infrastructure projects
developed under the National
Mission for Clean Ganga.
Their cost is more than Rs.
990 crores. This will increase
sewer treatment capacity by
200 MLD in West Bengal.

He also laid the foundation
stone for five sewer
infrastructure projects to be
developed under the National
Mission for Clean Ganga. Their
price tag is Rs 1585 crore. The
new projects will add another
190 MLD of sewage treatment
capacity in West Bengal.

Prime Minister Narendra
Modi flagged off the IN EIGHT YEARS, METRO EXPANDED TO MORE
Vande Bharat Express THAN TWO DOZEN CITIES.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Prior to 2014, the country's hand, since the formation of our
flagged off the Vande Bharat total metro network was less government in 2014, more than
Express connecting Howrah than 250 km. Metro has grown 32 thousand kilometres of rail
to New Jalpaiguri. This state- to more than two dozen cities lines have been electrified in the
of-the-art, semi-high-speed in the last eight years. Metro last 7-8 years.
train is equipped with excellent currently operates on an India is increasing its Jalshakti.
passenger amenities. The train 800-kilometer track in various More than 100 waterways are
will halt at Malda Town, Barsoi, parts of the country. Work on the being developed in the country.
and Kishanganj stations while 1,000-kilometer new metro route On January 13, 2023, a cruise
coming and going in both is moving quickly. will depart from Varanasi and
directions. Twenty thousand kilometres travel through Bangladesh and
Prime Minister Modi of rail lines were electrified in a 3200-kilometer waterway to
inaugurated the Joka-Taratla the seven decades following Dibrugarh.
line of the Joka-Esplanade independence. On the other
Metro Project (the "Purple
Line"). Its construction cost is A glorious century rests at the feet of God... In Maa I have
over Rs 2,475 crore. always felt that trinity, which contains the journey of an
Prime Minister Narendra Modi ascetic, the symbol of a selfless Karmayogi and a life
dedicated four rail projects committed to values,"
to the nation and laid the
foundation for the Rs 335 - Narendra Modi, Prime Minister (While paying tribute after
million New Jalpaiguri Railway the demise of his mother Heeraben)
Station redevelopment project.

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