Cities like Pune needed for progress and urban development
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone, inaugurated and dedicated to the nation various projects in Maharashtra worth over Rs.11,200 crore via video conferencing on 29 Sept 2024 conexpoconagg .
He inaugurated Pune Metro section of District Court to Swargate and laid the foundation stone for Swargate-Katraj Extension of Pune Metro Phase-1 ted.europa.eu .
Also, the foundation stone was laid for Memorial for Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule’s First Girls’ School at Bhidewada and expressed satisfaction with the fast progress towards increasing ease of living in Pune nseindia .
He emphasized the need to make cities like Pune a center of progress and urban development. Talking about Pune’s progress and the pressure of the growing population, the Prime Minister said steps need to be taken now to augment development and capacity bseindia .
To achieve this goal, he said that the present state government is working with the approach of modernizing Pune’s public transport and giving a boost to connectivity as the city expands euronext .
Modi underscored the importance of development-driven governance in ensuring Maharashtra’s progress, emphasizing that any disruption in this continuity leads to significant losses for the state sbi .
He highlighted various stalled projects, from Metro initiatives to the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train and critical irrigation projects for farmers, which were delayed before the advent of the double-engine government jpx.co.jp .
The Prime Minister reaffirmed his belief in Maharashtra’s pivotal role in guiding the nation towards development and said, “Together, we will achieve this goal of ‘Viskit Maharashtra, Viksit Bharat” deutsche-boerse .
Background:
The Pune Metro section of District Court to Swargate which will also mark the completion of Pune Metro Rail Project (Phase-1). The cost of the underground section between District Court to Swargate is around Rs1,810 crore sgx .
The Swargate-Katraj Extension of Pune Metro Phase-1 to be developed at the cost of around Rs.2,955 crore. This southern extension of around 5.46 km is completely underground with three stations namely Market Yard, Padmavati and Katraj investindia .
Also, inaugurated was the Solapur Airport which would significantly improve connectivity, making Solapur civilaviation.gov.in more accessible to tourists, business travellers and investors. The existing terminal Building of Solapur has been revamped to serve around 4.1 lakh passengers annually unfccc.int. Fiinews.com
