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PM Modi to perform foundation stone laying ceremony of Ahmedabad Metro Train project phase 2 and Surat Metro train project on January 18.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will perform the Bhoomi Poojan (foundation stone laying ceremony) of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail Project on January 18, via video conference. The event will come just a day after the Prime Minister will flag off 8 trains facilitating seamless rail connectivity to Statue of Unity with different regions of the country on 17 January. He will also inaugurate several other projects related to the Railway sector in Gujarat.
Updated Jan 08, 2021 | 18:28 IST
Two days after the Kevadia station inauguration, the PM would also lay foundation stones for two metro train services in Gujarat via video-conference from New Delhi Soon, train to Statue of Unity! PM Modi to inaugurate Kevadia station 
New Delhi: Soon, Statue of Unity visitors will be able to take a direct train to the attraction as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the newly-built Kevadia railway station near the Statue of Unity in Narmada district and the railway line connecting Vadodara with Kevadia on January 16.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said on Thursday that two days after the Kevadia station inauguration, the PM would also lay foundation stones for two metro train services in Gujarat via video-conference from New Delhi. On January 16, the PM will inaugurate the Kevadia railway station through video-conference from New Delhi. He will also inaugurate the Vadodara-Kevadia railway line o
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J&K has been directed to acquire and hand over all balance land for the project expeditiously and resolve the issue of sand and aggregate mining by January 15.
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In the December 30 meeting , the PM also fixed a June 30, 2021, deadline for the road transport and highways ministry to complete the phase-1 and phase-2.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fixed fresh deadlines for six major infrastructure projects in major metros including Delhi and Mumbai as well as the Union Territory of J&K that he reviewed last week, ranging between mid-2021 and 2025.
The biggest of the projects is the 272-km long Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway line in J&K worth Rs 28,000 crore which will join the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country. The Prime Minister directed the railways ministry to speed up execution of the project and complete it by July 31, 2022, according to the minutes of the meeting, a copy of which was seen by ET.