PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S
A day earlier than Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Terminal 2 of the Kempegowda Worldwide Airport in Bengaluru and flags off a Vande Bharat practice between Mysuru and Chennai, officers on Thursday highlighted his efforts to spice up infrastructure in Karnataka.
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They stated the central authorities has taken varied steps to offer impetus to infrastructure growth in Karnataka and famous that within the final eight years, it has sanctioned about ₹70,000 crore for five,000 kilometres of nationwide highways within the southern state.
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Earlier than 2014, the central authorities within the railway finances used to make a mean provision of ₹800 crore for Karnataka yearly however a provision of about ₹7,000 crore has been made within the finances this 12 months, they stated, noting it’s now virtually 9 occasions of the quantity provisioned earlier.
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In the course of the 10 years previous to 2014, solely 16 km of railway strains in Karnataka have been electrified. However since then, about 1,600 km of railway strains have been electrified in Karnataka, they stated.
Modi shall be on a two-day go to to the southern states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana from Friday throughout which he’ll attend a number of occasions, together with the launch of growth initiatives.