Modi Unveils ₹1.22L Cr for Banswara Boom

PM Launches Mega Projects in Banswara

Banswara: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off three trains, including two Vande Bharat Express services connecting Bikaner and Jodhpur to Delhi Cantt, and the Udaipur City–Chandigarh Express, enhancing rail links between Rajasthan and northern states. He also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for development projects worth over ₹1,22,100 crore in Banswara. Speaking on the fourth day of Navratri, he highlighted the region’s cultural significance, referencing Maa Tripura Sundari and Maa Mahi, revered as the Ganga of Kanthal and Vagad. He paid homage to tribal leaders like Mahayogi Govind Guru Ji, Maharana Pratap, and Raja Bansia Bhil, noting their legacy of resilience.

The projects include power initiatives worth ₹90,000 crore across Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra. The Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project, featuring four 700 MW indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors, costs ₹42,000 crore and is part of a national “fleet mode” initiative for ten such reactors. Solar projects were launched in Phalodi, Jaisalmer, Jalore, and Sikar, with foundation stones laid for solar parks in Bikaner and Ramagiri in Andhra Pradesh, totalling ₹19,210 crore. Three power transmission projects under the Renewable Energy Zone initiative, valued at ₹13,180 crore, involve 765 KV lines from Beawar to Mandsaur, Sirohi to Mandsaur and Khandwa, and Bikaner to Siwani, Fatehabad, and Patran, enabling the transfer of 15.5 GW of green energy. Three grid substations, including 220 KV lines at Jaisalmer and Bikaner, plus a 220 KV substation at Shiv in Barmer, total over ₹490 crore. Modi stated, “In today’s era of technology and industry, development runs on the power of electricity; electricity brings light, speed, progress, connectivity, and global access.”

Feeder-level solarisation projects of 3,517 MW, worth over ₹16,050 crore, were inaugurated in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka under the PM-KUSUM scheme, aimed at providing affordable irrigation power. Modi remarked, “Our Government is turning the clean energy mission into a people’s movement.” Water resource projects worth ₹20,830 crore include feeders from Isarda, Mor Sagar reservoir in Ajmer, an intake pump house at Bisalpur Dam, Khari feeder rejuvenation, and the inaugurations of Isarda Dam, Dholpur Lift Project, and Takli Project. Drinking water projects worth ₹5,880 crore under AMRUT 2.0 cover Banswara, Dungarpur, Udaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Churu, Ajmer, and Bhilwara.

Road infrastructure projects, including flyovers in Bharatpur, a bridge over the Banas River, 116 Atal Pragati Path projects, and highways in Barmer, Ajmer, and Dungarpur, total over ₹2,630 crore. Other inaugurations include a 250-bed RBM Hospital in Bharatpur, an IT Development and E-Governance Centre in Jaipur, sewerage systems in Makrana, and water supply in Mandawa and Jhunjhunu. Over 15,000 appointment letters were distributed to youth for government jobs in Rajasthan, including 5,770 animal attendants, 4,190 junior assistants, 1,800 junior instructors, 1,460 junior engineers, and 1,200 third-grade level-2 teachers. Modi said, “We are working with a spirit of service for the welfare of all sections of society,” and added, “It is our commitment to ensure that tribal communities live with dignity and self-respect.”

The PM MITRA Park in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, was announced to benefit tribal farmers, alongside the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan, modernising tribal villages for over five crore tribal citizens. The Van Dhan Yojana and increased Minimum Support Price for forest produce aim to enhance market access for tribal products. The event, attended by Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Kisanrao Bagade, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, reflects a focus on energy, water, transport, and employment in southern Rajasthan.

– global bihari bureau