Narendra Modi to Launch Delhi Dehradun Corridor

Highlights:

• The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to inaugurate Delhi - Dehradun corridor.
• The PM will also launch several other projects along with the corridor, which will reduce the distance between the two cities from 248 - km to 180 - km.
• The primary purpose of the corridor is to decongest North East Delhi.
• The corridor will improve the Mandola Vihar Yojana of the Government of Uttar Pradesh and also the growth potential of Tronica city.
• PM Modi will set the foundation stone for the Delhi - Dehradun corridor, which will be built at Rs 8,300 crores.
• The project is to be executed in Engineering, Procurement and Construction mode, where the government pays the private developer for constructing roads. 
• And the toll revenue accrues to the government.
• The highway is divided into four sections, and Section 1 is to be developed as 6 lanes.
• Also, it is divided into two packages where package 1 falls in the Delhi portion, and Package 2 falls in the Uttar Pradesh portion.

• 120 MW Vyasi hydroelectric project
• 38 - km long all-weather Chardham road project between Shrikot and Devprayag
• 33 - km stretch between Kautilya and Brahmapuri
• State of perfumery and aroma laboratory in Dehradun.
• it will focus on developing high yielding superior varieties of aromatic plants.