Overview
- The Prime Minister’s tour, originally planned for two days, was officially curtailed to a single six-hour visit on November 1 with a rescheduled program in Nava Raipur.
- He is dedicating the eco-focused Vidhan Sabha complex in Nava Raipur and unveiling an Atal Bihari Vajpayee statue on its premises.
- The schedule includes inaugurating the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Memorial and Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum, along with a museum portal and the ‘Aadi Shourya’ e-book.
- Key infrastructure and power moves feature the Pathalgaon–Kunkuri greenfield highway foundation, upgrades on NH-130D/130C, an Eastern–Western grid interconnection adding 1,600 MW, RDSS works worth about ₹1,860 crore, and nine new substations.
- Energy and industry steps include commissioning HPCL’s Raipur petroleum depot and the 489 km Nagpur–Jharsuguda gas pipeline, plus foundations for two Smart Industrial Areas, a Pharmaceutical Park, 12 SVEP blocks, PMAY (Gramin) disbursals, and six medical-education institutions.