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Nation Gifts to Telangana/Tamil Nadu
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN
TELANGANA AND TAMIL NADU
GET A BOOST
THE FAST PACE OF
DEVELOPMENT IN
SOUTH INDIA
The present central government is not only DEVELOPMENT IN TELANGANA GETS IMPETUS
working to accelerate the pace of development
in every sector of the country but keeping in view Laid the foundation stone for National
Highway projects worth over Rs 7,850 crore.
the needs of the future, it is also increasing the This will strengthen the road connectivity
investment in infrastructure at a rapid pace. Be of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and
it the means of transport or the basic needs of help in the socio-economic development
health, investment is being promoted in every of the region.
sector. With this aim, on April 8, Prime Minister Laid the foundation stone of the All India
Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to be
built at Bibinagar, Hyderabad at a cost of Rs
development projects worth more than Rs 15,000 1,350 crore.
crore in Tamil Nadu and Telangana. Redevelopment of Secunderabad Railway
Station at a cost of Rs 720 crore. The
rime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and redeveloped station will have a roof plaza
with two levels of space with all passenger
laid the foundation stone for several projects amenities in one place.
Pworth over Rs 11,300 crore in Telangana and
Rs 3700 crore in Tamil Nadu. These projects will not Launch of 13 new multi-modal transport
only benefit both states but also make life easier services in the suburban section of the
Hyderabad-Secunderabad city area.
for those coming from other parts of the country.
In the program held in Hyderabad, Prime Minister Dedicated to the nation the project of doubling
Modi said that almost as much time has passed and electrification of the Secunderabad–
Mahabubnagar project.
since Telangana became a separate state as the
present government at the Centre. The central Spread over a distance of more than 85
government is ensuring that Telangana gets the kilometers, the cost of this project has come
maximum benefit of India's development model in to about Rs 1410 crore.
the last nine years. PM Modi said construction of
a multi-modal logistics park is also underway near New Integrated Terminal of Chennai
Chennai, while the entire East Coast Road from Airport inaugurated
Mamallapuram to Kanyakumari is being improved The first phase of the new integrated terminal
under the Bharatmala project. This will benefit the building of the Chennai airport in Tamil Nadu
people of Chennai, Madurai, and Coimbatore and was inaugurated. With the addition of this new
the people coming to these places. integrated terminal building, developed at a cost of
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