Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone and dedicate multiple development projects worth about 5000 crore rupees in sectors like road, rail, aviation, health, and higher education at Jodhpur tomorrow. The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of 350 bedded ‘Trauma Centre and Critical Care Hospital Block at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur’ and seven Critical Care Blocks under the Pradhan Mantri – Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) to be developed across Rajasthan. The integrated centre for ‘Trauma, Emergency, and Critical Care’ at AIIMS Jodhpur will be developed at a cost of more than 350 crore rupees. 

The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone for the development of the state-of-the-art New Terminal Building at Jodhpur Airport. To be built at a total cost of 480 crore rupees, the New Terminal Building will be developed in an area of about 24,000 sqm and will be equipped to provide services to 2,500 passengers during peak hours. 

Prime Minister will also dedicate the IIT Jodhpur campus to the Nation. The state-of-the-art campus has been built at a cost of more than 1135 crore rupees. For upgrading the infrastructure at the Central University of Rajasthan, the Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation ‘central instrumentation laboratory’, staff quarters, and ‘yoga & sports sciences building’.  

In a step that will improve road infrastructure in Rajasthan, Mr. Modi will lay the foundation stone of multiple road development projects including four laning of Karwar to Dangiyawas Section of Jodhpur Ring Road on NH-125A; Construction of seven Bypasses/Re-alignments of major town portions of Balotra to Sanderao section via Jalore (NH-325); project for four laning of Pachpadra-Bagundi section of NH-25. These road projects will be built at a cumulative cost of about 1475 crore rupees. 

Mr. Modi will also flag off two new train services in Rajasthan. These include a new train – Runicha Express – connecting Jaisalmer to Delhi and a new heritage train connecting Marwar Jn. – Khambli Ghat. Two other rail projects will be dedicated to the Nation by the Prime Minister. These include projects for doubling the 145 km long ‘Degana-Rai Ka Bagh' rail line and the 58 km long 'Degana-Kuchaman City' rail line.