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Strengthening Infrastructure | NATION
Inaugurations and Foundation
Stones…
n Flagged off a new train service between Vadodara
and Tanda Road.
n Dedicated the Jobat-Tanda Road new rail line –
developed under the Chhota Udepur-Dhar project
– to the nation.
n Inaugurated six-lane flyovers at Kandari Chokdi
and Luvara Patiya on the Vadodara-Surat section of
NH-48 to improve road safety and resolve traffic- tion policy and its teaching and training institutions.
related issues.
n Laid the foundation stone for three National
Highway projects worth ₹1,780 crore.
n Laid the foundation stone for three railway projects
spanning 329 kilometres and costing over ₹9,700 crore. the train with containers stacked one atop the
n Laid foundation stones for and inaugurated various
Gujarat government projects worth approximately
₹2,600 crore.
Scan the QR code to watch
PM Modi’s full program.
You will find people at every street
corner trying to mislead you with
the ‘echo of lies’. But the youth of
India move forward driven by the
resounding roar of truth. Our young
friends can see how focused the gov-
ernment is today on all energy sec-
tors – be it solar, wind, hydro, or
nuclear.
just 10 -12 hours via the Dedicated Freight Corridor.
Manufacturing is one of the key pillars in Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Saptadhara’ vision. India is
now scripting a new saga of manufacturing, spanning
everything from chips to ships - meaning both the
components and the final products are made in India.
The domestic production of PV modules has com-
menced, enabling the country to develop a capacity
exceeding 200 gigawatts in this sector. Across the
nation, 5.5 million families have installed solar plants
on their rooftops and terraces.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that to emerge
as a global superpower in AI, the country must
prepare itself and build the necessary ecosystem;
this is precisely what India is doing on the ground.
This is why agreements are being signed with various
nations for uranium, as well as for critical and rare
earth minerals. All these efforts are aimed at secur-
ing the future of the nation’s youth. As global needs
evolve, so too must our methods of education and
learning. Consequently, India is reshaping its educa-
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FREIGHT CORRIDOR
A double-stack container freight train has been
operated from the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority
(JNPT) in Mumbai to Vadodara; this involved running
other. This single operation transported a volume of
goods equivalent to that carried by over 250 trucks
from Mumbai to Vadodara. All three sections of this
326-kilometre-long corridor have been developed at
a cost of ₹20,700 crore. n
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