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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bihar on Thursday. He will address Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and gram sabhas across the country in an event being held at Madhubani, and also launch several projects worth approximately Rs 13,500 crore, the Panchayati Raj Ministry said in a statement. He will reach Madhubani at around 11:45 a.
m. PM Modi will also address the gathering on the occasion in what is going to be his first public remarks following the ghastly terror attack on tourists in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.The event is being held to commemorate the National Panchayati Raj Day (NPRD), marking 32 years of the 73rd Constitutional (Amendment) Act, 1992, which gave constitutional status to panchayats as institutions of rural local self-government.
According to a PMO statement, he will also present National Panchayat Awards, recognising and incentivising best-performing Panchayats on the occasion. PM Modi In Bihar Today: Here Are The Key DetailsPrime Minister Modi will lay the foundation stone of an LPG bottling plant with a rail unloading facility at Hathua in the Gopalganj District of Bihar, worth around Rs 340 crore. This will help streamline the supply chain and improve the efficiency of bulk LPG transportation.
Boosting power infrastructure in the region, he will lay the foundation stone for projects worth over Rs 1,170 crore and also inaugurate multiple projects worth over Rs 5,030 crore in the power sector in Bihar under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme. "In line with his commitment to boost rail connectivity across the nation, the Prime Minister will flag off Amrit Bharat express between Saharsa and Mumbai, Namo Bharat Rapid rail between Jaynagar and Patna and trains between Pipra and Saharsa and Saharsa and Samastipur," the statement said. PM Modi will also inaugurate the Supaul Pipra rail line, Hasanpur Bithan Rail line and two 2-lane Rail over bridges at Chapra and Bagaha.
He will dedicate to the nation the Khagaria-Alauli Rail line. "These projects will improve connectivity and lead to overall socio-economic development of the region," the PMO said. PM Modi will distribute benefits of around Rs 930 crore under Community Investment Fund to over 2 lakh SHGs from Bihar under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY- NRLM).
The prime minister will also hand over sanction letters to 15 lakh new beneficiaries of PMAY-Gramin and release instalments to 10 lakh PMAY-G beneficiaries from across the country. He will hand over keys to some beneficiaries marking the Grih Pravesh of 1 lakh PMAY-G and 54,000 PMAY-U houses in Bihar.Another programme of Modi, scheduled to be held in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, has been cancelled in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, where 26 people were gunned down.
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