PM Modi to inaugurate Delhi-Vadodara Expressway, hand over PMAY houses during Madhya Pradesh visit today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh on Monday to launch a slew of projects, including the Rs 11,895 crore Delhi-Vadodara Expressway. A statement from the Prime Minister's Office said during his visit he will inaugurate the Delhi-Vadodara Expressway, which has been developed at a cost of about Rs 11,895 crore.

He will also lay the foundation stone for five different road projects worth over Rs 1,880 crore, the statement said. The PM will initiate the 'grih pravesh' ceremony of over 2.2 lakh homes built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Gramin, as well as inaugurate the houses constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban at a cost of about Rs 140 crore, it said.

PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of Jal Jeevan Mission projects worth over Rs 1,530 crore in Gwalior and Sheopur districts, which will benefit more than 720 villages in the region.

The PMO statement said Modi will also lay the foundation stone of nine health centres under the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission and inaugurate and launch several other projects. "Modiji is expected to arrive at around 4pm and will leave Gwalior before 6:30pm," MP Bharatiya Janata Party chief VD Sharma told PTI on Sunday.

This will be his fourth visit in less than two months and eighth in the last seven months to MP, where Assembly polls are likely to be held at the end of the year.

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