Imphal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated 13 projects worth around Rs 1850 crore and laid the foundation stone of nine projects worth around Rs 2950 crore in Imphal, Manipur. These projects relate to diverse sectors such as road infrastructure, drinking water supply, health, urban development, housing, information technology, skill development, art and culture among others.
“North-East, which Netaji called the gateway to India’s independence, is becoming the gateway to fulfilling the dreams of a new India,” said Prime Minister Modi, while reiterating his belief that the eastern and north eastern parts of India will be the source of India’s progress and this is visible in the growth of the region today.
The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of construction of five National Highway Projects to be built at a cost of more than Rs 1700 crore. He inaugurated the steel bridge built over the Barak River on NH-37 at a cost of over Rs 75 crore, which would decongest traffic between Silchar and Imphal. He also dedicated to the people of Manipur 2387 mobile towers built at a cost of around Rs 1100 crore.
The Prime Minister inaugurated Rs 280 crore worth ‘Water Transmission system of Thoubal multi-purpose project, which will provide drinking water supply to Imphal city. The water supply scheme project built at the cost of Rs 65 crore to provide safe drinking water to residents of ten habitations of Tamenglong district and the ‘Augmentation of Senapati District Headquarter Water Supply Scheme’ built at a cost of Rs 51 crore to provide a regular water supply to the residents of the area.
The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone of a state-of-the-art cancer hospital in Imphal worth around Rs 160 crore on a PPP basis. He inaugurated the ‘200 Bedded Covid Hospital at Kiyamgei,’ which has been set up at a cost of about Rs 37 crore in collaboration with the DRDO. He inaugurated three projects under ‘Imphal Smart City Mission’ developed at a cost of more than Rs 170 crore, including the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC).
The Prime Minister congratulated the people of Manipur for the schemes for which the foundation stone has been laid and were inaugurated today. He thanked the people of Manipur for the formation of a stable government that is governing with full majority and with full impact.
He stressed that due this stability and choice of the people of Manipur achievements like six lakh farmer families getting hundreds of crore rupees under Kisan Samman Nidhi; six lakh poor families getting benefits under PM Garib Kalyan Scheme, and more than 30 lakh free vaccine doses and oxygen plants in every district of the state could become reality. /BI/
