He inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of five major National Highway projects
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of several development projects worth more than Rs 34,700 crore across the state. He was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other BJP leaders as he visited the Manduri area of the district.
PM Modi inaugurated Azamgarh, Shravasti, Chitrakoot, and Aligarh airports and a new terminal of Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow.
He also inaugurated Maharaja Suhel Dev State University, Azamgarh, constructed at a cost of 108 crore.
He inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of five major National Highway projects worth Rs 11,500 crore.
More than 5,342 km of roads built in 59 UP districts under the PM Gram Sadak Yojna worth Rs 3,700 crore were also inaugurated by him.
PM Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 12 railway projects across UP worth Rs 8,200 crore.
He also inaugurated three sewage projects built under Namami Ganga Yojna worth Rs 1,114 crore in Prayagraj, Etawah, and Jaunpur districts of the state.
The prime minister is also slated to inaugurate the Light House Project (LHP) in Lucknow under which more than 1,040 affordable flats have been built with modern infrastructure.
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