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Prime Minister Modi inaugurated
and laid the foundation stone for the
following development projects

n Inauguration of Shivamogga Airport which has been
developed at a cost of about Rs 450 crores. The
passenger terminal building of this airport is capable
of handling 300 passengers per hour.

n Laid the foundation stone of Shivamogga-Shikaripura-
Ranebennur's new rail line and Koteganguru Railway
Coaching Depot.
Prime Minister Modi
n Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation dedicated to the nation the
stone of several road development projects.
redeveloped railway station
n Inaugurated 44 smart city projects at a cost of over Rs building in Belagavi
895 crore.
n Dedicated to the nation Belagavi
n Inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multi- Railway Station building redeveloped
village schemes under the Jal Jeevan Mission. at a cost of about Rs.190 crores.

n Railway line doubling project between
13 installment of Kisan the Londa-Belagavi-Ghatprabha
th
Samman Nidhi released section dedicated to the nation.
Estimated cost Rs 930 crore.
n Transfer of more than 16,800 crores to the accounts

of more than 8 crore farmers in the 13th installment of n Foundation stone of six projects of
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi. the multi-village scheme under the
Jal Jeevan Mission. The scheme will
n Under this scheme, assistance of Rs.6000 per year is cost around Rs 1585 crore and will
provided to eligible agricultural families in three equal benefit the 8.8 lakh population in
installments of Rs.2000 each. 100% of the cost of the more than 315 villages.Dedicated to
scheme is borne by the Government of India.
the nation Belagavi Railway Station
n An amount of more than Rs 2.25 lakh crore has been building redeveloped at a cost of
directly transferred to the bank accounts of more than about Rs190 crores.
11 crore farmers so far.

Minister Narendra Modi is determined to make the in the Navnirman of India.
dreams of the people of Karnataka come true. In Belagavi, Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Till the year Modi said, “Today’s changing India is accomplishing
2019, only 25 percent of households in Karnataka development projects one after the other while
villages had tap water connections at home. Today, giving priority to the deprived. Small farmers were
the coverage of tap water in Karnataka has crossed also neglected in our country for decades. There are
60 percent.” Not only this, in order to speed up the 80-85 percent of small farmers in India. Now, these
development of Karnataka, at present, work is going small farmers are the priority of the government. So
on in the state on railway projects worth Rs. 45 far, about Rs 2.5 lakh crore have been deposited in
thousand crores. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi the bank accounts of small farmers of the country
inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of several through the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi." Prime
development projects worth over Rs 3,600 crore in Minister Narendra Modi sent another installment
Karnataka's Shivamogga, he laid the foundation stone of PM-Kisan to the farmers of the country from
of several development projects worth over Rs 2,700 Belagavi in Karnataka and with just one click, about
crore in Belagavi. Be it the freedom struggle or after Rs 16,800 crore reached the bank accounts of crores
that, Karnataka's Belagavi has played an important role of farmers of the country.

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