New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Himachal Pradesh today. In Una, the Prime Minister will flag off the Vande Bharat Express from Una Himachal Railway Station. Later, at a public function, the Prime Minister will dedicate IIIT Una to the nation and lay the foundation stone of a bulk drug park in Una. Subsequently, at a public function in Chamba, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of two hydropower projects and launch the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-III in Himachal Pradesh.

To bring self-reliance in the pharmaceuticals sector, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of a bulk drug park at Haroli in Una district which will be built at a cost of more than Rs 1900 crore.

Park API will help reduce dependence on imports. It is expected to attract investment of about Rs 10,000 crore and will provide employment to over 20,000 people. It will also boost economic activities in the region.

Modi will dedicate the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Una to the nation. Its foundation stone was laid by the Prime Minister in 2017. At present, more than 530 students are studying in this institute.

He also flag off the new Vande Bharat Express. This will be the fourth Vande Bharat train to be introduced in the country from Amb Andaura to New Delhi and is an upgraded version compared to earlier, which is much lighter and capable of reaching higher speeds in a shorter period. It runs 100 km/h in just 52 seconds.

Meanwhile, The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for two hydropower projects – the 48 MW Chhanju-III hydropower project and the 30 MW Devthal Chanju hydropower project. The two projects will generate 270 million units of electricity annually and these projects are expected to generate an annual revenue of around Rs 110 crore to Himachal Pradesh.

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New Delhi: Two days after Aam Aadmi Party president Arvind Kejriwal’s roadshow in Himachal Pradesh, prominent leaders joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of BJP chief JP Nadda and union minister Anurag Thakur.

Political observers termed it a ‘surgical strike’ on AAP by BJP in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh, months before the state go for Assembly elections.

In a major blow to Kejriwal, AAP’s Himachal Pradesh president Anoop Kesari, general secretary (organisation) Satish Thakur, and its Una president Iqbal Singh joined the BJP at Nadda’s residence in the national capital.

Reacting to the development and BJP leaders claim that AAP is vanished in HP, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal said, “The people of the state have faith in the Aam Aadmi Party.”

“These people are not afraid of me, but from the people. The BJP people, if they had worked sincerely for the people, there would not have been so much worried. There would have been no need to change the CM, there would have been no need to fall at the feet of the tainted people of other parties. People trust AAP. AAP will give HP a hardcore, honest and patriotic government, “Kejriwal said in a tweet on Saturday.

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