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By India Today News Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to launch development projects costing over Rs 5,500 crore in Rajasthan today. A BJP spokesperson in Jaipur said that the prime minister will also address a public rally organised by the party at Abu Road in Sirohi district today on Wednesday.
The focus of the projects to be launched by the prime minister will be on bolstering infrastructure and connectivity in the region, the PMO said, adding road and railway works will facilitate the movement of goods and services, boosting trade and commerce and improving the socio-economic conditions of the people in the region.
Among the projects, Modi will lay the foundation stones for road construction projects for upgradation to two-lane in Rajsamand and Udaipur and for redevelopment of the Udaipur railway station.
PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone for the gauge conversion project and for setting up of a new line from Nathdwara to Nathdwara town in Rajsamand.
The PMO, in a statement said that PM Modi will also inaugurate three national highway projects, including the 114-km long six-lane Udaipur to Shamlaji section of NH-48, 110-km long widening and strengthening to 4 lane with paved shoulder of Bar-Bilara-Jodhpur Section of NH-25, and 47 km long two lanes with paved shoulder section of NH 58E.
Ahead of the visit, the Rajasthan BJP carried out a cleanliness campaign at Abu Road town in Sirori district where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally today.
Rajasthan will go to polls later this year.
(With inputs from PTI)
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