Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation various schemes, estimated to cost Rs 33,000 crore, at a public function to be held in Bihar’s Begusarai on February 17.

He will then head to Jharkhand lay foundation stone for hospitals in Hazaribagh, Dumka and Palamau and inaugurate a host of development schemes during his visit to the state, an official statement said. The PM will lay the foundation stone online for four 500-bedded hospitals in Hazaribagh, Dumka, Palamau and Jamshedpur.

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4:20 pm IST PM Modi lays foundation stone of various projects in Hazaribagh Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of various developmental projects in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of various developmental projects in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. pic.twitter.com/sC1a8oS7b2 — ANI (@ANI) February 17, 2019





4:05 pm IST PM Modi lauds Jharkhand over fast implementation of ‘Swachh Abhiyan’ PM Narendra Modi Sunday lauded Jharkhand for its fast implementation of ‘Swachh Abhiyan’.





3:50 pm IST Health directly related to clean water: PM Modi “Health is directly related to clean water and the government try its best to provide best quality water to the state,” said PM Modi at a public meeting Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh.





3:45 pm IST PM Modi addresses public meeting at Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh PM Narendra Modi Sunday addressed a public meeting after laying the foundation stone of development projects in Jharkhand.





3:42 pm IST PM Modi inaugurates 3 medical college buildings in Jharkhand PM Narendra Modi Sunday inaugurated 3 medical college buildings in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh, Dumka and Palamu.





1:32 pm IST Our aim is to uplift status of those struggling to avail basic amenities: PM NDA government’s vision of development runs on two parallel lines, one being infrastructure development and the other is to uplift those sections of the society who have been struggling to avail even basic amenities for over 70 years now.





1:25 pm IST ‘I feel the same fire in my heart that’s burning inside you’: PM Modi “I feel the same fire in my heart that’s burning inside you” said PM Narendra Modi in Bihar referring to the anger and grief in the country after the terror attack in Pulwama that killed 40 CRPF jawans.





1:20 pm IST PM Modi pays tribute to martyr Constable Sanjay Kumar Sinha “I pay my tributes to martyr Constable Sanjay Kumar Sinha from Patna and Bhagalpur’s martyr Ratan Kumar Thakur who sacrificed their lives for the country. I express my sympathies with their families,” said PM Narendra Modi in Bihar’s Barauni.





12:55 pm IST PM Modi lays foundation stone of development projects in Bihar PM Narendra Modi Sunday laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects from Barauni in Bihar. Major schemes launched at the programme include the long-awaited Patna metro rail project, costing about Rs 13,400 crore, construction of ammonia-urea complex at Barauni and extension of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipe network to Patna and Muzaffarpur.





12:36 pm IST PM Modi reaches Bihar’s Barauni Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Bihar’s Barauni. He will shortly lay found of development projects worth Rs 33,000 crore.





12:15 pm IST PM Modi to inaugurate slew of projects in Jharkhand Prime Minister Narendra Modi will Sunday lay foundation stone for hospitals in Hazaribagh, Dumka and Palamau and inaugurate a host of development schemes during his visit to the state, an official statement said. The prime minister will lay the foundation stone online for four 500-bedded hospitals in Hazaribagh, Dumka, Palamau and Jamshedpur. This apart, he will lay foundation stone for Hazaribagh urban line water supply scheme and rural drinking water supply -- four schemes for Hazaribagh and two for Ramgarh. Modi, who is scheduled to reach Hazaribagh at 2.30 pm, will also inaugurate the newly constructed building at the Women’s Engineering College in Ramgarh district.



