Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Sambalpur on Saturday. He would inaugurate, dedicate to nation and lay foundation-stones of multiple infrastructure projects worth more than Rs 68,000 crore during a public programme, official sources said.

The PM will inaugurate a Dhamra-Angul Pipeline Section (412 km) of Jagdishpur-Haldia and Bokaro-Dhamra Pipeline Project. Built at a cost of more than Rs 2,450 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga, the project will connect Odisha with the National Gas Grid.

Modi will also lay foundation-stone of Nagpur-Jharsuguda Natural Gas Pipeline Section (692 km) of Mumbai-Nagpur-Jharsuguda Pipeline. The project, which will be developed at a cost of more than Rs 2,660 crore, will improve the natural gas availability to States like Odisha, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.

During the programme, the PM will also dedicate to nation and lay foundation-stones of multiple power projects worth about Rs 28,980 crore. The projects to be dedicated to nation include NTPC Darlipali Super Thermal Power Station (2×800 MW) and NSPCL Rourkela PP-II Expansion Project (1×250 MW) in Sundargarh district.

He will also lay foundation-stone of NTPC Talcher Thermal Power Project, Stage-III (2×660 MW) in Angul district. These projects will supply low-cost power to Odisha as well as several other States.

Modi will lay foundation-stone of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation’s (NLC) Talabira thermal power project worth more than Rs 27,000 crore. This state-of-the-art project will provide reliable, affordable power round the clock.