PM Modi launches Gramin Sadak Yojana in Himachal Pradesh to upgrade 3,125 km of rural roads

more than 420 crore has been sanctioned by the Central Government for upgradation of 440 km of rural roads in 15 border and remote blocks of the state under this phase of PMGSY-III.

During his address in Chamba, PM Modi also listed the achievements of his government, saying that in the last eight years, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government has built 12,000 km of rural roads in Himachal Pradesh. PM Modi said, ‘BJP double engine government is trying to build roads in every village, we have built 12,000 km of rural roads in Himachal Pradesh in 8 years.

PM Modi also laid the foundation stone of two hydroelectric projects – 48 MW Chanju-III Hydroelectric Project and 30 MW Deothal Chanju Hydroelectric Project.

The Prime Minister said that under the ‘Har Ghar Jal Yojana’, 100 percent water coverage has been done in the tribal areas of Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur.

Speaking about Hatti community, PM Narendra Modi said, “Granting Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to Hatti community shows that this government cares for tribal people,” PM Modi said in Chamba, domestic gas connection have also been created. Available in every house of Chamba.

“The double-engined government of the BJP provided domestic gas connections to every household,” he said.

Earlier in the day, PM Narendra Modi addressed a public meeting at Indira Gandhi Stadium in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district after flagging off the inauguration of the new Vande Bharat Express. PM Modi also laid the foundation stone of Bulk Drug Pharma Park and inaugurated Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Una.