Security has been beefed up across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Tuesday visit to Jammu where he will lay foundation stones of projects worth over Rs 32,000 crore in the sectors of health, education, rail, road, aviating, petroleum, and civic infrastructure, among others. According to security officials, police and security agencies have been put on high alert, while the M A Stadium, where the PM is scheduled to address a rally, has been sealed and jammers installed around the venue. Special police posts have also been set up at various places in and around Jammu city to monitor movement of vehicular traffic. The vigil along the Jammu-Pathankot national highway too has been beefed up, officials said. In a significant step towards upgrading and developing education and skilling infrastructure, Modi will inaugurate campuses of IIT Bhilai, IIT Tirupati, IIT Jammu, IIITDM Kuneel, Indian Institute of Skills (IIS) – a pioneer skill training institute on advanced technologies located at Kanpur, and two campuses of Sanskrit University at Devprayag in Uttrakhand and at Afartala in Tripura. "A big boost to all-round development! I look forward to being in Jammu tomorrow, 20th February to inaugurate key development works which will boost ‘Ease of Living’. It will also be a landmark day for the education sector as various institutions including IITs and IIMs will get permanent campuses," PM Modi said in a post on X. A big boost to all-round development! I look forward to being in Jammu tomorrow, 20th February to inaugurate key development works which will boost ‘Ease of Living.’ It will also be a landmark day for the education sector as various institutions including IITs and IIMs will get… — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 19, 2024 The PM will also inaugurate three new campuses of Indian Institutes of Management that will come up in Jammu, Bodh Gaya and Visakhapatnam. In the health sector, the Prime Minister will inaugurate All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Vijaypur (Samba), Jammu. He will also lay the foundation stone for a new 40,000 sqm terminal building at the Jammu Airport. The new terminal will be equipped with modern facilities and cater to about 2,000 passengers during peak hours. In the rail sector, the PM will also dedicate to the nation various rail projects in Jammu & Kashmir including the new rail line between Banihal-Khari-Sumber-Sangaldan (48 Km) and the newly electrified Baramulla-Sringar-Banihal-Sangaldan section (185.66 Km). Prime Minister will also flag off the first Electric Train in the valley and also train service between Sangaldan station & Baramulla station. The road projects that will be inaugurated include two phases of the 44km Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway connecting Jammu and Katra; Phase two for four-laning of Srinagar Ring Road; five packages for upgrading the 161 km-long Srinagar-Baramulla-Uri stretch of NH-01; and the construction of Kulgam Bypass & Pulwama bypass on NH-444. Besides, the PM will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of development projects at a cost of Rs 3,150 crore for strengthening civic infrastructure and provisioning of public facilities across Jammu and Kashmir. These include grid stations, common effluent treatment plants and sewage treatment plants, colleges, and an intelligent traffic management system in Srinagar.
