PM Modi to open Chennai Metro stretch, launch projects worth Rs 13,000 crore in TN
The projects span highways, railways, ports, petroleum and education, including a 3.7-km double-decker Metro corridor and the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at IIT Madras
Chennai, Oct 11 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for development projects worth over Rs 13,000 crore during his visit to Chennai on Sunday.
A multi-tier security blanket is in place in the city ahead of his visit. The police have introduced traffic diversions along the transit routes.
The prime minister is scheduled to inaugurate the Poonamallee-Vadapalani Stretch of Phase II of the Chennai Metro Rail Project built at a cost of around Rs 4,900 crore, and other projects involving Highways, Railways, Ports, Petroleum and Education Sectors.
The metro rail corridor features a unique 3.7-km double-decker structure. It also features advanced signalling systems designed to support driverless operations. It is expected to reduce daily travel time for commuters and improve connectivity between Chennai’s rapidly growing western suburbs and the city centre.
PM will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate National Highway Projects worth around Rs 3,700 crore in Tamil Nadu, lay foundation stones for Port projects at Chennai Port, Kamarajar Port and V O Chidambaranar Port, inaugurate five Amrit Stations at Palani, Vellore Cantonment, Ambasamudram, Paramakkudi and Namakkal, and dedicate to the nation the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at IIT Madras.
The Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre (SGBC) is a pioneering global scientific mission to map more than 100 human brains into three-dimensional atlases at cellular resolution, across the human lifespan - from the foetal stage to old age. The PM will also release C-STROKE, a one-of-a-kind human ischaemic stroke atlas. Featuring over 1,000 annotated microscopic sections from a stroke-affected brain, the atlas will help researchers worldwide identify novel therapeutic targets.
The PM is scheduled to take part in the golden jubilee celebrations of Jaigopal Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School later in the day.
He would take a ride on the Chennai Metro from Porur Bypass Station to Poonamallee Bypass Station and back. At around 12.15 pm, he will have a darshan and perform pooja at the Jalakandeswarar Temple here and thereafter, undertake a walkthrough of the Brain Centre at IIT Madras.
At around 1.30 pm, the PM will lay the foundation stone or dedicate various development projects and address the gathering.
The key National Highway projects include the 36-km, four-laned Vadugapatti-Therkuvenganallur section of NH-744A, the 30-km, four-laned Madurai Ring Road section of NH-744A, and the foundation stone for the four-lane Thiruvarur Bypass on the Nagapattinam-Thanjavur section of NH-83.
PM Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several port-related projects in Tamil Nadu to strengthen maritime infrastructure, expand cargo-handling capacity and improve logistics efficiency.
He will lay the foundation stone of the Group II/III Lube Oil Base Stocks (LOBS) project at the existing Manali Refinery of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) in Chennai. With a total cost of around Rs 1,620 crore and a capacity of 270 thousand metric tonnes per annum (TMTPA), the project aims to produce Group II/III Lube Oil Base Stocks for the manufacture of world-class, premium-quality lubricants in India. PTI