Narendra Modi in Jharkhand HIGHLIGHTS: PM lauds Jharkhand over quick implementation of ‘Swachh Abhiyan’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation various schemes, estimated to cost ₹33,000 crore, at a public function to be held in Bihar’s Begusarai on February 17.He will then head to Jharkhand lay foundation stone for hospitals in Hazaribagh, Dumka and Palamau and inaugurate a host of development schemes during his visit to the state, an official statement said. The PM will lay the foundation stone online for four 500-bedded hospitals in Hazaribagh, Dumka, Palamau and Jamshedpur.Here are the highlights:

4:20 pm IST

PM Modi lays foundation stone of various projects in Hazaribagh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of various developmental projects in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand.

4:05 pm IST

PM Modi lauds Jharkhand over fast implementation of ‘Swachh Abhiyan’

PM Narendra Modi Sunday lauded Jharkhand for its fast implementation of ‘Swachh Abhiyan’.

3:50 pm IST

Health directly related to clean water: PM Modi

“Health is directly related to clean water and the government try its best to provide best quality water to the state,” said PM Modi at a public meeting Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh.

3:45 pm IST

PM Modi addresses public meeting at Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh

PM Narendra Modi Sunday addressed a public meeting after laying the foundation stone of development projects in Jharkhand. 

3:42 pm IST

PM Modi inaugurates 3 medical college buildings in Jharkhand

PM Narendra Modi Sunday inaugurated 3 medical college buildings in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh, Dumka and Palamu.

1:32 pm IST

Our aim is to uplift status of those struggling to avail basic amenities: PM

NDA government’s vision of development runs on two parallel lines, one being infrastructure development and the other is to uplift those sections of the society who have been struggling to avail even basic amenities for over 70 years now.

1:25 pm IST

‘I feel the same fire in my heart that’s burning inside you’: PM Modi

“I feel the same fire in my heart that’s burning inside you” said PM Narendra Modi in Bihar referring to the anger and grief in the country after the terror attack in Pulwama that killed 40 CRPF jawans.

1:20 pm IST

PM Modi pays tribute to martyr Constable Sanjay Kumar Sinha

“I pay my tributes to martyr Constable Sanjay Kumar Sinha from Patna and Bhagalpur’s martyr Ratan Kumar Thakur who sacrificed their lives for the country. I express my sympathies with their families,” said PM Narendra Modi in Bihar’s Barauni.

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PM Modi lays foundation stone of development projects in Bihar

PM Narendra Modi Sunday laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects from Barauni in Bihar.

Major schemes launched at the programme include the long-awaited Patna metro rail project, costing about ₹13,400 crore, construction of ammonia-urea complex at Barauni and extension of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipe network to Patna and Muzaffarpur.

12:36 pm IST

PM Modi reaches Bihar’s Barauni

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Bihar’s Barauni. He will shortly lay found of development projects worth ₹33,000 crore.

12:15 pm IST

PM Modi to inaugurate slew of projects in Jharkhand

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will Sunday lay foundation stone for hospitals in Hazaribagh, Dumka and Palamau and inaugurate a host of development schemes during his visit to the state, an official statement said.

The prime minister will lay the foundation stone online for four 500-bedded hospitals in Hazaribagh, Dumka, Palamau and Jamshedpur.

This apart, he will lay foundation stone for Hazaribagh urban line water supply scheme and rural drinking water supply -- four schemes for Hazaribagh and two for Ramgarh.

Modi, who is scheduled to reach Hazaribagh at 2.30 pm, will also inaugurate the newly constructed building at the Women’s Engineering College in Ramgarh district.

11:45 am IST

Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, PM Modi set to dole out ₹33,000 projects in Bihar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation various schemes, estimated to cost ₹33,000 crore, at a public function to be held in Begusarai on February 17.

Work on major schemes to be launched at the programme include the long-awaited Patna metro rail project, costing about ₹13,400 crore, construction of ammonia-urea complex at Barauni and extension of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipe network to Patna and Muzaffarpur. The Prime Minister will flag off a new weekly AC train between Patna and Ranchi via Hazaribag and inaugurate the city gas distribution of LPG for Patna.