PM Modi Unveils Rs 14260 Crore Projects in Chhattisgarh on State Formation Day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Chhattisgarh on Saturday, 1 November 2026, to mark 25 years of the state’s formation, inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for development projects worth over Rs 14,260 crore across roads, industry, healthcare and energy. The visit coincides with the Chhattisgarh Rajat Mahotsav, the state’s silver jubilee celebration. The Prime Minister’s day begins at around 10 am with the Dil Ki Baat programme at Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital in Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, where he interacts with 2,500 children successfully treated for congenital heart diseases in the Gift of Life ceremony. At around 10:45 am, the Prime Minister inaugurates Shanti Shikhar of the Brahma Kumaris, a modern centre for spiritual learning, peace and meditation. At around 11:45 am, he unveils the statue of Bharat Ratna and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the new building of the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha in Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, and inaugurates the new assembly building itself. The new Vidhan Sabha building, spread over 51 acres in Nava Raipur and constructed at a cost of Rs 324 crore, is built on the Green Building concept, planned to be fully powered by solar energy and equipped with a rainwater harvesting system. It represents a fusion of Chhattisgarh’s traditional art and modern engineering, and replaces the assembly’s original home at Rajkumar College in Raipur, where it functioned from 2000. In the afternoon, at around 1:30 pm, the Prime Minister inaugurates and visits the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Memorial and Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum, dedicated to the bravery and sacrifices of tribal communities. At around 2:30 pm, the Prime Minister participates in the Chhattisgarh Rajat Mahotsav, where he inaugurates and lays foundation stones for projects worth over Rs 14,260 crore. To strengthen rural livelihoods, he inaugurates 12 new Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme blocks across nine districts. Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin), the Prime Minister participates in the Griha Pravesh, or house-warming ceremony, of 3.51 lakh completed houses and releases Rs 1,200 crore as an instalment to 3 lakh beneficiaries, ensuring dignified housing and security for rural households across the state. In energy, the Prime Minister dedicates and lays the foundation stone for projects worth over Rs 3,750 crore, including works worth about Rs 1,860 crore under the Revitalized Distribution Sector Scheme, nine new power substations built at a cost of around Rs 480 crore benefiting over 15 lakh people, HPCL’s petroleum oil depot at Raipur built at a cost of over Rs 460 crore, and the 489 km Nagpur-Jharsuguda natural gas pipeline built at a cost of around Rs 1,950 crore. To boost connectivity, he lays the foundation stone for a four-lane Greenfield Highway from Pathalgaon-Kunkuri to the Chhattisgarh-Jharkhand border, developed by the National Highways Authority of India under the Bharatmala Pariyojana at a cost of approximately Rs 3,150 crore. For industry and healthcare, the Prime Minister lays the foundation stone for two Smart Industrial Areas at Siladehi-Gatwa-Birra in Janjgir-Champa district and Bijletala in Rajnandgaon district, a Pharmaceutical Park at Sector-22 in Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, and five new Government Medical Colleges at Manendragarh, Kabirdham, Janjgir-Champa and Geedam in Dantewada, along with a Government Ayurveda College and Hospital at Bilaspur. The visit underlines the Centre’s focus on Chhattisgarh’s silver jubilee year — new institutions, new infrastructure and direct benefits for rural families, all framed as part of the journey towards a developed India.
