PM Modi creates election atmosphere in Chhattisgarh with Rs 7,600 crore development campaign

Raipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of eight projects worth about Rs 7,600 crore in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur. During an event held at the Science College ground here, PM Modi also virtually flagged off a new train between Antagarh and Raipur in the state’s Kanker district. He also launched the distribution of cards of the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme to the beneficiaries in the state.

Assembly elections are to be held in Chhattisgarh by the end of this year. Speaking on the occasion, PM Modi said that these new projects will open up ample employment opportunities for the people of the state and make their lives easier. He said, these projects will start a new journey of facilities and development in tribal dominated areas.

The sons, daughters and daughters of Chhattisgarh need to understand today that the Congress has betrayed them. pic.twitter.com/IhjQguJWcK-Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 7 July 2023

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He said, “In the last 9 years, the Center approved 3,500 km of national highway projects in Chhattisgarh, out of which 3,000 km of projects have been completed.” “We are developing infrastructure in those areas which have lagged behind in the race for development,” said the Prime Minister. Another benefit of infrastructure that is rarely discussed is that it deals with injustice, he said.

Today the Government of Chhattisgarh has become a model of corruption and misrule of the Congress. That’s why the same voice is being raised everywhere here… pic.twitter.com/nC8owUUpd3

-Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 7 July 2023

The Prime Minister said, “The Center is providing modern facilities to those who have been facing injustice and lack of facilities for the last many decades.” At the event, the PM dedicated to the nation the four-laning of the 33-km Raipur-Kodebod section of National Highway 30, the 53-km four-laning Bilaspur-Pathrapali section of NH-130.

He laid the foundation stone for construction of three sections (Jhanki-Sargi (43 km), Sargi-Basanwahi (57 km) and Basanwahi-Marangpuri (25 km)) as part of the six-laning Raipur-Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor NH. -130 CDs. He also dedicated to the nation the doubling of the 103-km Raipur-Khariar road rail line built at a cost of Rs 750 crore, the 17-km new railway line connecting Keoti-Antagarh and a bottling plant. Indian Oil Corporation built a capacity of 60,000 metric tonnes per annum at Korba at a cost of over Rs 130 crore.