PM To Launch Rs 30,500 Cr Development Projects In Jammu Today

Distribute 1500 Appointment Letters Banihal-Sangaldan Railway Line Electrified Baramulla-Sangaldan Rail Line Flagging off first electric train • • • • IIT Jammu, IIM Jammu AIIMS in Vijaypur, Jammu New terminal building at the Jammu airport Delhi-Amr

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu on Tuesday to launch multiple development projects, including for education, railway, aviation and road sectors, worth Rs 30,500 crore.

He will also distribute appointment letters to about 1,500 newly recruited government employees of Jammu and Kashmir and interact with beneficiaries of various schemes as part of the 'Viksit Bharat, Viksit Jammu' programme, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement.

Among the railway projects that Modi will inaugurate are the railway line between Banihal-Khari-SumberSangaldan (48 km) and the newly electrified BaramullaSrinagar-Banihal-Sangaldan section (185.66 km).

The statement said that he will flag off the first electric train in the Valley and the train service between Sangaldan and Baramulla stations.

The commissioning of the Banihal-Khari-SumberSangaldan section is significant as it features the usage of ballast-less track (BLT) all along the route providing a better ride experience to passengers, it said.

India's longest transportation tunnel T-50 (12.77 km) lies in the portion between Khari and Sumber. The railway projects will improve connectivity, ensure environmental sustainability and boost the overall economic development of the region.

In a significant step towards upgrading and developing education and skilling infrastructure across the country, the statement said, Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several projects worth about Rs 13,375 crore.

The projects include permanent campuses for IIT Bhilai, IIT Tirupati, IIT Jammu, IIITDM Kancheepuram, Indian Institute of Skills (IIS), a pioneer skill training institute on advanced technologies located at Kanpur, and campuses of Central Sanskrit University at Devprayag (Uttarakhand) and Agartala (Tripura).

He will also

Multi-tier Security For PM's Visit

Jammu: A multi-tier security setup has been put in place and traffic advisories issued for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu on Tuesday, officials on Monday said.

Modi is scheduled to address a public rally at Maulana Azad Stadium in the heart of winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir during his visit on February 20, they said.

The officials said the prime minister will also launch multiple development projects, including for education, railway, aviation and road sectors, worth Rs 30,500 crore.

According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's