Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid foundation stones for five national highway projects in Tamil Nadu worth Rs 50.10 billion and the Rs 51.50 billion state-of-the-art terminal for import of Liquefied Natural Gas at Ennore near Chennai.
At a function in Kilambakkam near Chennai, Modi inaugurated via video-conferencing two road projects, including two-laning of 122 km section of NH-38 that goes via Vellore, Thiruvannamalai and Viluppuram districts, and four-landing of 32km Avinashi-Tirupur-Avinashipalayam section of NH-381, in Tirupur. District.
Foundation stones were laid for four-laning of 116.5km Vikravandi-Sethiathope-Cholapuram-Thanjavur section of NH-36 in Viluppuram, Cuddalore, Ariyalur and Thanjavur districts, six-laning of 36-km-long Karaipettai-Walajapet section of NH-48 in Kancheepuram and Vellore districts and strengthening of the existing carriageway of Gudiyatham bypass and Vellore bypass on NH-75 in Vellore district.
The Prime Minister dedicated to the nation the electrified Erode-Karur-Trichy and Salem-Karur-Dindigul sections of the railways. Electrification of the sections cost Rs 3.21 billion.
According to the ministry of petroleum and natural gas, LNG from Ennore terminal will be transported to customers en route by pipeline right up to Tuticorin in South Tamil Nadu via Puducherry and Trichy. A pipeline has been laid to Bengaluru via Hosur to reach LNG to more industrial customers. The imported LNG will benefit Manali refinery, fertilizer plants, petrochemical plants, and power plants, besides gas-based industries and the transport sector.
Tamil Nadu Banwarilal Purohit, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam, and others were present.
