New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various projects worth around Rs 18,000 crore in Dehradun. This includes Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor (from Eastern Peripheral Expressway Junction to Dehradun), the greenfield alignment project from Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor, connecting Halgoa, Saharanpur to Bhadrabad, Haridwar, Haridwar Ring Road Project, Dehradun - Paonta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh) road project, Najibabad-Kotdwar road widening project and a bridge across River Ganga next to the Lakshman Jhula.
He also laid the foundation stone for the Child Friendly City Project, Dehradun, development of water supply, road and drainage system in Dehradun, infrastructure development works at Shri Badrinath Dham and Gangotri-Yamunotri Dham and a medical college in Haridwar. He inaugurated seven projects which focus on making travel safer by tackling the problem of chronic landslides in the region, road widening project from Devprayag to Srikot, and from Brahmpuri to Kodiyala on NH-58, 120 MW Vyasi Hydroelectric Project, built over River Yamuna, Himalayan Culture Center at Dehradun and State of Art Perfumery and Aroma Laboratory (Centre for Aromatic Plants) in Dehradun.
Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that Uttarakhand is not just the centre of faith but is the symbol of hard work and determination also. That is why development of the state is one of the foremost priorities of the ‘double engine government’ of the centre and the state. He emphasized that at the beginning of this century, Atal ji started a campaign to increase connectivity in India.
However, the Prime Minister said, after that for 10 years there was such a government in the country, which wasted valuable time of the country and Uttarakhand. He continued: “For 10 years there were scams, scams in the name of infrastructure in the country. We worked twice as hard to make up for the loss caused to the country and are doing it even today.” Talking about the changed working style, the Prime Minister said “today, India is moving ahead with the intention of investing more than Rs 100 lakh crore on modern infrastructure. /BI/
