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Mrs Melinda Gates calls on PM

Delhi News Agency — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 09:07:14 +0000

New Delhi :-Mrs Melinda Gates, co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, made a courtesy call on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today.
Mrs. Melinda Gates appreciated the Prime Minister’s pro-poor initiatives, especially with regard to Swachh Bharat and the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.

PM reviews progress of UD Ministry’s Programmes

Devender Panwar(DNA) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 08:38:24 +0000

New Delhi:-PM, Narendra Modi reviewed progress on various urban development programmes. These include addressing of gaps in core physical infrastructure across 500 cities, and steps of operationalization of the Smart Cities initiative. Noting that towns and cities are emerging as key drivers of economic growth, the Prime Minister emphasized that the economic growth model of a city should form an essential part of its smart city vision. PM suggested that the next few years till 2019 could be observed as “urban theme years,” with a different theme or aspect of urban development being addressed each year. He emphasized the need for capacity building in urban administration, and urban planning. He called for initiating discussions in towns and cities, especially among youth, to generate best ideas for smart cities. He called for special attention to creating “children friendly cities.”
Narendra Modi said concepts and themes such as green cities, zero waste, optical fibre networks, gas grids, and mobile governance should form part of the smart city concept. He also said a City Museum should be an integral part of every smart city. Minister for Urban Development Shri Venkaiah Naidu, and senior officers from the PMO and Ministries of Finance and Urban Development were present on the occasion.

PM Modi Being blessed by Dada Bhagwan Foundation Head Pujya Deepak Bhai Desai at Trimandir Adalaj Gujrat

Monisha bhatia — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 02:38:40 +0000

Gujrat:-PM Modi a day before his birthday on 16th Sep 2014 visited Trimandir at Adalaj in Gujrat he was blessed by Pujyashri Deepak Bhai Desai

PM to Launch Various Roads and Ports Projects in Maharashtra on 16th August

Delhi News Agency — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:26:21 +0000

New Delhi:-Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi who will be on a day-long visit to Maharashtra tomorrow will launch various Roads and Ports projects.These include Foundation laying of four laning for the Solapur-Maharashtra/Karnataka border section on Pune-Solapur stretch of National Highway-9 (NH-9.) at Solapur. The NH-9 connects the state of Maharashtra with Karnataka, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and is taken up under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP). This is one of the major high-density traffic corridors in India connecting Northern & Western India with Southern India.

Prior to this function, upon his arrival in Mumbai, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation of a Port Connectivity Highway Project at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). This project to be completed by December 2017 will cost about 1927 Crore rupees. The Ministry of Shipping under the National Highway Development & Port Connectivity Programme will execute this Project on Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) mode through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).

Shri Narendra Modi will also lay the foundation for a Port- Based Multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at the JNPT. This is also to be developed through JNPT-SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) in 277 hectares under the engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) mode and is to be completed in three years. This is planned to be a Self-Sustainable Integrated Development Project with an investment of about 4,000 Crore rupees and an employment generating potential of about 1.5 lakh direct and indirect jobs.With a focus on collaborating with upcoming sectors of India, the SEZ will develop Free Trade Warehousing Zone for Engineering Goods Sector, Electronics and Hardware Sectors, Non- Conventional Energy Sector, Multi Services (IT and Healthcare) Sectors and Apparel and Textiles Sectors.

Shri Narendra Modi will also participate in a function to allot land to JNPT- Project Affected persons (PAPs) under the 12.5% scheme. Now this land is being allocated to those land owners of the Navi Mumbai Project from which JNPT was given land in 1980s. Land owners were given assurances at the time of land acquisition that developed land would be given to them to the extent of 12.5% of the land acquired. The Ministry of Shipping has now transferred 12.5% of the 1172 hectares of land earlier transferred for the JNPT project. This land will now be handed over to the JNPT- (PAPs) to resolve the issue to the satisfaction of all.

The Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways & Shipping, Shri Nitin Gadkari, has expedited clearance for all these these projects during a series of review meetings undertaken by him over the last couple of months.The Maharashtra Governor Shri K. Sankaranarayanan, the State Chief Minister Shri Prithviraj Chavan, the Union Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Shri Anant Geete, the Union Minister of State for Coal & Power Shri Piyush Goyal, Senior officials of the concerned Ministries, Members of Parliament & senior politicians from the state are expected to attend the functions in Mumbai & Sholapur.