Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate various projects in Tripura during ‘Viksit Bharat Viksit Tripura’ event scheduled to be held at Sabroom on Saturday.
The projects include Land Port at Sabroom in South Tripura district constructed at a cost of about Rs 230 crore, road projects in the state and 1.46 lakh rural functional household tap connections.
He will join the event virtually from Arunachal Pradesh.
The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects including construction of Agartala Western Bypass and multiple road projects across the state; Indian Oil Corporation’s new Depot at Sekerkote; and construction of Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for drug Addicted Persons.
The newly developed Sabroom Land Port is located along the international border between India and Bangladesh. The land port will provide facilities like the Passenger Terminal Building, Cargo Administrative Building, Warehouse, fire station building, electrical substation, pump house, etc.
It will facilitate movement of passengers and cargo between Indian and Bangladesh as through the new port one can move directly till Chittagong port of Bangladesh which is 75 km away as opposed to moving to Kolkata/Haldia Port in West Bengal which is about 1700 Kms away.
The Foundation stone of the Sabroom Land Port was laid by the Prime Minister in March 2021.
A PIB press release said, Prime Minister’s vision for the progress and development of Northeast will be strengthened as the ‘Viksit Bharat Viksit North East’ programme’ in Itanagar will witness several development initiatives in Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh related to sectors like rail, road, health, housing, education, border infrastructure, IT, Power, Oil and Gas, among others.
During the programme, Prime Minister will launch a new Industrial Development Scheme for North East, UNNATI (Uttar Poorva Transformative Industrialization Scheme). The scheme will strengthen the industrial ecosystem in the North East, attract new investment, help set up new manufacturing and services units and give a boost to employment in the north eastern States. This scheme, worth Rs. 10,000 crore, is fully funded by the Government of India and covers all 8 North Eastern States.
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