PM Modi launches Rs 830 crore development projects, flags off Amrit Bharat trains in Bengal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled development projects worth over Rs 830 crore in West Bengal and flagged off three Amrit Bharat Express trains connecting Kolkata with other parts of the country.

At a function held at Singur in Hooghly district, the prime minister inaugurated the Jayrambati–Barogopinathpur–Maynapur rail line and flagged off a train between Maynapur and Jayrambati.

Addressing the programme, Modi said: “All central projects will accelerate the development of West Bengal. The central government is working to meet the goal of a developed eastern India.”

According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, Modi also laid the foundation stone for the Extended Port Gate System at Balagarh in Hooghly district. The project includes an Inland Water Transport terminal and a road over bridge.

Spread over approximately 900 acres of land, Balagarh is being developed as a modern cargo handling terminal with an envisaged capacity of about 2.7 million tonnes per annum.

The project aims to improve cargo evacuation efficiency by diverting vessel movement away from congested urban corridors.

The prime minister also flagged off three Amrit Bharat Express trains connecting Kolkata with New Delhi, Varanasi and Chennai.

The trains will operate on the Howrah–Anand Vihar Terminal, Sealdah–Banaras and Santragachi–Tambaram routes.