PM Modi on 2 days visit to launch new projects in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in West Bengal on March 1 and 2 to launch multiple development projects worth over ₹ 22,200 crore, a visit which becomes politically significant as well as it comes amid the BJP’s sharp attack on the state government over the Sandeshkhali issue.
An official statement said that on March 2 PM Modi will launch many development projects, worth over nearly ₹ 1.83 lakh-crore, from Bihar for across the country in his first visit to the state after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar quit the opposition bloc and joined hands with the BJP.
While the projects to be launched from Bihar are meant for regions spread across the country, a sizeable part of them will be based in the state.
The prime minister will inaugurate and lay foundation of numerous development projects worth over ₹ 35,700 core in Jharkhand too on March 1, the statement added.
In Bengal, he will attend public programmes in Arambagh on March 1 and Krishnanagar on March 2, while in Bihar he will visit Aurangabad and Begusarai, it said.
His visit to Bengal comes amid rising political heat in the state after many women in Sandeshkhali accused ruling Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh and other members of the party of land grab and sexual assault, an issue seized by the BJP to corner its rival.
Giving details of the project, the PMO said PM Modi will inaugurate the Sindri fertiliser plant of the Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd (HURL) in Jharkhand.
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In Arambagh in West Bengal, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of developmental projects related to sectors like rail, ports, oil pipeline, LPG supply and wastewater treatment.
He will inaugurate Indian Oil’s 518-km Haldia-Barauni crude oil pipeline developed at a cost of about ₹ 2,790 crore. This pipeline passes through Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal and will supply crude oil to Barauni, Bongaigaon and Guwahati refineries in a safe, cost-efficient, and environment-friendly manner, the statement said.
PM Modi on 2 days visit: Strict Security Arrangements in Begusarai for PM Modi’s visit in Begusarai on 2nd March
PM Modi is going to visit Begusarai on March 2. During this time, he will give a gift of about Rs 50 thousand crore to the people of Bihar. The district administration is fully active since the Prime Minister’s program is decided by the Prime Minister’s Office. In view of the PM’s visit, work is going on in the airport day and night.
The country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive at Begusarai’s Ulav Airport at 2 pm on March 2 and address a public meeting. During this, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of schemes worth about Rs 50 thousand crores. The district administration is fully active since the Prime Minister’s program is decided by the Prime Minister’s Office.
In view of the PM’s visit, work is going on at the airport day and night. On Wednesday, Union Minister Giriraj Singh, SPG officers, Air Force officers, Special Branch Patna IG Sunil Kumar, District DIG Rashid Zaman, DM Roshan Kushwaha, SP Manish, Sadar SDM Rajeev Kumar, SDPO Sadar Subodh Kumar, SDPO Ballia Ram Vinay. Kumar, SDPO Manjhaul Shyam Kishore Ranjan, SDPO Teghra Dr. Ravindra Mohan Prasad and many officers jointly inspected the venue.
The police officer and the SPG officer inspected the helipad, the stage venue, the route for the common people, the meeting place and other basic points including the meeting place and gave necessary instructions to the officials of the concerned department.
During this time, the Road Construction Department was instructed to complete the road construction work at the airport, make solid barricades all around the airport, and repair and barricade the two roads built from NH 31 to the meeting venue. Barricading work is in the final stage.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Union Fertilizers and Chemicals Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State Bhagwant Subba, Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary, Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha, Union Minister Giriraj Singh and many others will be present at the program on Prime Minister’s arrival on March 2. Other leaders will be present on the stage.
On this occasion, MP representative Amarendra Kumar Amar, former MLC Rajneesh Kumar, BJP District President Rajiv Verma, District Vice President Sunil Kumar, Krishna Mohan Pappu, former MLA Lalan Kunwar, BJP leaders Mrityunjay Kumar Veeresh, Shubham Kumar, Vimal Kumar Singh, Amit Kumar, Nikhil Kumar, Chanchal Kumar etc. will be present.