PM Modi To Launch Development Projects Worth Over Rs 13,000 Crore In Chennai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch development projects worth over Rs 13,000 crore during his visit to Chennai on Sunday, covering metro rail, highways, railway infrastructure, ports, industrial development and brain research.

The Rs 4,900-crore Poonamallee–Vadapalani stretch of Chennai Metro Phase II will be a major highlight. The corridor features a 3.7-km double-decker structure and signalling systems designed for driverless operations.

PM Modi will travel by Metro between Porur Bypass and Poonamallee Bypass stations at 11:30 AM. He will visit Jalakandeswarar Temple at 12:15 PM before touring the Brain Centre at IIT Madras.

Highway projects worth around Rs 3,700 crore include the 36-km, four-lane Vadugapatti–Therkuvenganallur section of NH-744 and the 30-km Madurai Ring Road on NH-744A.

The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone for the four-lane Thiruvarur Bypass on NH-83.

Railway works worth over Rs 750 crore include the Karaikal–Peralam line and three rail flyovers near Coimbatore.

Redeveloped stations at Palani, Vellore Cantonment, Ambasamudram, Paramakkudi and Namakkal will open soon.

Chennai Port will feature upgraded storage facilities, warehouses, cruise passenger amenities and a Seafarers Club.

Eight projects at VO Chidambaranar Port will strengthen cargo handling, cleaner maritime energy and logistics.

At Kamarajar Port, PM Modi will inaugurate Coal Berth-3 and launch dredging works. He will also lay the foundation stone for CPCL’s Rs 1,620-crore lubricant base stocks project at the Manali refinery, which will have an annual production capacity of 270,000 tonnes.

In the research sector, PM Modi will dedicate the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre and launch a mission to map over 100 human brains into three-dimensional cellular atlases. He will also release C-STROKE, comprising more than 1,000 annotated microscopic sections from a stroke-affected brain.

The main programme will begin at 01:30 PM. The golden jubilee celebrations of Jaigopal Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School will follow at 03:00 PM.

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