PM Modi inaugurates projects worth ₹7,550 crore in MP, addresses tribal communities

During his visit, the prime minister disbursed monthly installments to nearly two lakh women beneficiaries under the Aahar Anudan Yojana of the state, an official release said.

Under the scheme, ₹1,500 per month are provided for nutritious food to women from especially the backward tribes.

The PM distributed 1.75 lakh 'adhikar abhilekh' (record of land rights) under the SVAMITVA scheme, which will provide documentary evidence to people for the right to their land.

He laid the foundation stone of the Tantya Mama Bhil University which will cater to the youth from tribal-dominated districts of the state. To be developed at a cost of ₹170 crore, the university will provide world-class infrastructure for holistic development of students, the official statement said.

PM Modi transferred funds of ₹55.9 crore for 559 villages under the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana, which will be utilised for various kinds of construction activities, including Anganwadi Bhawans, fair price shops, health centres, additional rooms in schools, internal roads, among others.

The prime minister laid the foundation stone of 'CM Rise School' in Jhabua. The school will integrate technology to provide modern facilities like smart classes, e-Library, among others to students.

He dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone of multiple projects that will strengthen the water supply and provisioning of drinking water in Madhya Pradesh.

The projects, whose foundation stone was laid included 'Talavada Project', which is a drinking water supply scheme for more than one thousand villages of Dhar and Ratlam; and 14 urban water supply schemes under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0, benefitting more than 50,000 urban households across multiple districts of Madhya Pradesh.

The prime minister dedicated to the nation 'Nal Jal Yojana' for 50 gram panchayats of Jhabua, which provided tap water to about 11,000 households.

He also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple rail projects during the programme, it said.

These included laying of the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Ratlam railway station and Meghnagar railway station. These stations were redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat station scheme.

The rail projects dedicated to the nation include projects for doubling of Indore-Dewas-Ujjain C cabin railway line, Itarsi-North-South grade separator with yard remodelling and third line connecting Barkhera-Budni-Itarsi.

These projects helped strengthen the rail infrastructure and reduce travel time for both passenger and goods trains.

PM Modi also dedicated to the nation multiple road development projects costing more than ₹3,275 crore in Madhya Pradesh, including four-laning of Harda-Betul (Package-I) from km 0.00 to km 30.00 (Harda-Temagaon) of NH-47, Ujjain-Dewas section of NH-752D, four-laning (16 km) of Indore-Gujarat MP Border section of NH-47 and four-laning of Chicholi-Betul (Package-III) Harda-Betul of NH-47, and Ujjain Jhalawar section of NH-552G, it said.

These projects improved the road connectivity and also helped in economic development in the region.

The prime minister also dedicated and laid the foundation stone of other development initiatives like waste dumpsite remediation, electric substation, among others.