On Thursday Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Udham Singh Nagar for 23 projects worth over 17,500 crore in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani as a ‘New Year gift’.
He said, “We are bringing a scheme worth 2,000 crore for the development of the overall infrastructure of Haldwani, for water, sewage, road, parking, street lights.”
Among the projects for which foundation stones were laid by the Prime Minister are the Lakhwar Multipurpose Project to be built at a cost of about ₹5,750 crore; four-laning of 85 kilometre Moradabad-Kashipur Road – to be built at a cost of over ₹4000 crore; two-laning of 22 Kilometre stretch of Gadarpur-Dineshpur-Madkota-Haldwani road (SH-5) and 18 kilometre stretch of Kiccha to Pantnagar (SH-44); construction of 8 kilometre long Khatima bypass in Udham Singh Nagar; construction of four lane National Highway (NH109D) being built at a cost of over 175 crore.These will improve connectivity of Garhwal, Kumaon and Terai region and also Uttarakhand and Nepal.
The AIIMS Rishikesh satellite centre and Jagjivan Ram Government Medical College at Pithoragarh will be built at a cost of about ₹500 crore and ₹450 crore respectively.
