Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate or lay the foundation for 209 projects valued at over Rs. 3,161 crores in Jammu and Kashmir on February 20, as announced by the Union territory administration on Friday.
These projects aim to bolster infrastructure, enhance service delivery, generate employment opportunities, and promote prosperity in the Union territory.
Of the total projects, 85 will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister, while the foundation stone for 124 projects will be laid during the event at MA Stadium in Jammu.
Modi will also address a public rally, marking his second visit to the region since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. Previously, he addressed a rally in Palli Panchayat in Samba district during his visit to the Union territory.
During the inauguration, Modi will unveil seven grid stations, three receiving stations, and three transmission line projects across various districts including Jammu, Pulwama, Baramulla, Srinagar, Budgam, Ramban, and Samba. Additionally, 12 road projects and three bridges, completed at a total cost of Rs 184.19 crore, will also be inaugurated.
The inauguration plan includes the unveiling of five common effluent treatment plants in Samba, an intelligent traffic management system in Srinagar city, modernisation of Narwal fruit mandi in Jammu, sewage treatment plants, transit accommodation comprising 244 flats for Kashmiri migrants at two locations in Ganderbal and Kupwara in the Kashmir Valley, a drug testing laboratory in Kathua, and infrastructure for degree college buildings at Mahanpur (Kathua), Neeli Nallah (Udhampur), Sunderbani (Rajouri), and Kokernag (Anantnag), among others.
