PM to visit poll-bound Assam, Bengal on February 7

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 5

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit election bound Assam and West Bengal on February 7, for the second time within 15 days.

The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of two hospitals and launch ‘Asom Mala’, a programme for state highways and major district roads, at Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur District, Assam. Thereafter, around 4:50 pm, he will lay the foundation stone of key infrastructure projects in Haldia, West Bengal.

In Bengal the PM will also launch the LPG import terminal built by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited constructed with an investment of around Rs 1100 crore with capacity of 1 Million Metric Tonne per annum.

It will cater to the growing requirement of LPG in West Bengal and other states in Eastern and North-Eastern India and is an important step towards realising the vision of the Prime Minister to provide clean cooking LPG to every household, a PMO statement said.

The Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation the 348-km Dobhi–Durgapur Natural Gas Pipeline section, part of Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project which marks a milestone in achieving ‘one nation, one gas grid’.

Constructed with an investment of about Rs 2400 crore, the pipeline will help revival of HURL Sindri (Jharkhand) fertilizer plant, supply gas to Matix Fertilizer Plant in Durgapur (West Bengal) and cater to gas demand of industrial, commercial and automobile sectors, and city gas distribution across all major towns in the state.

The Prime Minister will also dedicate to the nation the four-lane flyover at Ranichak, Haldia on NH 41 constructed at a cost of Rs 190 crore.

These projects are in line with Prime Minister’s vision of Purvodaya, of driving growth of Eastern India. Governor and Chief Minister of West Bengal, and Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas will be present on the occasion.