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Ranchi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday laid foundation stones for various development initiatives and inaugurated projects, including an airport, with a total value of over Rs 16,800 crore.
Modi was accorded a rousing welcome by many, including Chief Minister Hemant Soren, on arrival to Jharkhand.
The prime minister laid the foundation and inaugurated projects worth Rs 16,800 crore, including a 657-acre airport built for Rs 401 crore.
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Modi laid the foundation stone of the Deoghar airport on May 25, 2018, as a key step toward providing direct connectivity to Baba Baidyanath Dham, which is an important religious destination for devotees from all over the country.
He also inaugurated the in-patient department and operation theatre services at AIIMS, Deoghar.
Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for multiple roads, energy, and other infrastructure projects.
It includes widening of the Palamu-Gumla road, Rehal-Garhwa bypass, and the Mirza Chowki-Farakka road, besides the elevated corridor from Kutchery Chowk to Piska More and Itki RoB in Ranchi.
Widening of the Gorhar-Khairatunda road, Khairatunda-Barwa Adda section and the Ranchi-Mahalia section are also among the projects.
The Ranchi station redevelopment, Jasidih bypass newline, Godda Coach Maintenance depot, and Garhwa-Mahuria doubling are also part of the railway projects that Modi inaugurated or laid the foundation stone for.
Other projects include the creation of a facility and pipeline network at the coal-bed methane in Jharia block in Parbatpur, the Bokaro-Angul section of the Jagdishpur-Haldia-Bokaro-Dhamra pipeline, and LPG plants at Barhi and Bokaro.