Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of rail and road infrastructure projects, including 75 redeveloped railway stations, worth ₹5,470 crore, from Jalandhar. The projects are aimed at strengthening connectivity, improving passenger convenience and accelerating economic development in the region.
The Prime Minister also flagged off the Amritsar (Chheharta)-Varanasi Sant Ravidas Express, establishing a direct rail link between the two spiritual centres. This is his second visit to Jalandhar after he visited the Dera Sachkhand Ballan in February.
The 75 railway stations have been redeveloped across 20 states under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme at a cost of about ₹1,570 crore. Four of them are in Punjab, including Jalandhar Cantt, Mohali, Muktsar and Anandpur Sahib railway stations.
Modi also inaugurated the Daulatpur Chowk-Kartoli new rail line, constructed at a cost of about ₹830 crore as part of the Nangal Dam-Talwara-Mukerian new rail line project. This project will strengthen rail connectivity between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
Apart from this, the PM flagged off the Kartoli-Ambala train service, and inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of national highway projects worth over ₹3,070 crore, including the 31-km “Package 6” of the four-lane greenfield Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway and the 25-km-long six-lane greenfield Southern Ludhiana Bypass.
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