SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is visiting Jammu on February 20, will inaugurate various projects, including All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Vijaypur in Samba, the highest Railway bridge, which will link Kashmir with rest of the country by rail this year, in Reasi district, Devika Rejuvenation project at Udhampur, IIM Jammu and Shahpur Kandi.
He will also address a public rally in Jammu the same day, media reports said.
PM Modi is likely to visit Srinagar as well but the tour schedule is being finalised and is expected to be released in next couple of days.
Several other projects have also been identified for inauguration while PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of various other development works in Jammu and Kashmir.
Inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremonies of projects is expected to be done from one place.
The Indian Express reported that AIIMS Jammu, which has been built on 226.84-acre land on both sides of NH-44 near Samba district’s Vijaypur town, will start operations by opening OPD services in about 50 specialities.
It is currently providing the MBBS programme and is dedicated to introducing BSc, nursing, postgraduate programmes (MD/MS/MDS), super specialisation programmes (DM/MCh), doctorate (Phd) degrees and more in future.
With the deadline for completion of the USBRL Project, connecting Kashmir by train with rest of India, rescheduled to May this year, the PM is likely to inaugurate the 33-km Banihal-Samber section, which is ready for train operation, bringing Kashmir closer to rest of the country via train.
Moreover, the Rs 190-crore Devika river project in Udhampur is north India’s first river rejuvenation project on which work started in March 2019 under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP).
