PM Modi to attend Rajasthan government's first year celebration on December 17 in Jaipur

Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Jaipur on December 17 to attend the grand celebrations which will mark the end of the first year of the BJP government's tenure in Rajasthan. Besides CM Bhajan Lal Sharma, his counterpart from Madhya Pradesh, Mohan Yadav will also participate in the event.

The state unit of the BJP and the administration are busy preparing for the programme, which will be held as a government event in Dadiya area of ​​Jaipur. Apart from party workers, beneficiaries of central and state schemes will participate. A gathering of more than three million people is expected on this occasion.

Projects worth Rs 1 lakh will be announced:

Prime Minister Modi is set to announce gifts worth over Rs 1 lakh crore for the people of the state. To begin with, the foundation stone of the first phase of the state government's ambitious project 'Eastern Rajasthan Parvati-Kalisindh-Chambal Canal Project' (PKC-ERCP) will be laid from this event. This project is expected to address the water crisis in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

The project includes major rivers like Chambal and its tributaries, Parvati, Kalisindh, Kuno, Banas, Banganga, Ruparel, Gambhiri and Mej rivers and has been envisaged to supply water to 21 newly formed districts of Rajasthan including Jhalawar, Kota, Bundi, Tonk. , Sawai Madhopur, Gangapur, Dausa, Karauli, Bharatpur and Alwar. The project will serve various purposes, such as meeting the demand for drinking water supply, irrigation and industrial water.

Major railway projects to be launched:

On this occasion, PM Modi will also announce four railway projects worth Rs 6,500 crore for Rajasthan. He will lay the foundation stone of three projects and virtually launch one project. The foundation stones to be laid include 131.27 km long Jaipur-Sawai Madhopur railway line worth Rs 1,204 crore, doubling works of 178.20 km Ajmer-Chanderia (Chittorgarh) railway line long at Rs 1634 crore and a Luni-Samdari-Bhildi of 271.97 km long. railway line at Rs 3086 crore. Besides, the electrification work of the 604 km long Bhildi-Samdari-Luni-Jodhpur-Merta Road-Degana-Ratangarh railway line will be virtually inaugurated under the programme.

To ensure the success of the event, continuous meetings are being held at the state BJP office and responsibilities are being assigned to different fronts. The BJP claimed that more than three million people would attend the event.

BJP workers and beneficiaries among the participants:

Former Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore said BJP workers spread across 52,000 booths will reach the venue on 6,000 buses and over 20,000 small vehicles, along with beneficiaries of central government schemes and states. He said at least three to four people from each booth would come to this event. Rathore said a new record would be created in the history of public meetings in the presence of the chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Targeting the Congress, Rathore said the previous Madhya Pradesh government had opposed the ERCP but now the CM himself is participating in it.

Besides, Prime Minister Modi will gift Rajasthan the largest dam by inaugurating the Nonera Abra Dam constructed on the Kali Sindh River in Pipalda Assembly constituency of Kota district of Jaipur. This dam was constructed as part of the state's ambitious Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP). This dam is called the “heart of the ERCP project” and it has been prepared to meet the water supply and irrigation needs of 21 districts.

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