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PM Modi To Launch Development Projects In Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch development projects worth Rs 12,600 crore in Madhya Pradesh and Rs 5,000 crore in Rajasthan during his visit to the two poll-bound states on Thursday.
In Jodhpur in Rajasthan, the Prime Minister’s Office said, Modi will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects in sectors like road, rail, aviation, health and higher education.
In Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of development projects in sectors such as road, rail, gas pipeline, housing and clean drinking water, it said.
Among the health projects for which he will lay the foundation stone in Rajasthan include a 350-bedded trauma centre and critical care hospital block at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, and seven critical care blocks under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) to be developed across the state.
The centre at the AIIMS will be developed at a cost of more than Rs 350 crore, it said.
The statement said the facility will bring a holistic approach in management of trauma and emergency cases by providing multidisciplinary and comprehensive care to patients while critical care blocks across Rajasthan will augment district level critical care infrastructure, it added.
Priyanka Gandhi To Address Public Rally In Poll-Bound MP’s Dhar
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will address a public rally in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, her third visit to the state in recent months, a party functionary said on Wednesday.
The Congress leader will address the public rally at Mohankheda of Dhar district.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesman Surendra Rajput told reporters in Bhopal that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and MP Congress president Kamal Nath will address the gathering at Mohankheda after visiting the Jain shrine there.
She will participate in various events, including a welcome programme by the trustees of the Jain temple.
Before addressing the rally around 12.20 pm, the Congress general secretary will also unveil the statue of tribal icon Tantya Mama, he said.
This is her third visit to the BJP-governed MP in recent months.