Dehradun: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will come to Dehradun on Saturday to launch and lay the foundation stone for a number of projects totaling Rs 18,000 crore. The foundation stone for eleven development projects will be laid by the Prime Minister. "The visit will place a strong emphasis on measures to improve road infrastructure, which will make travel easier and safer while also boosting tourism in the region. This is in keeping with the Prime Minister's goal of improving connection in places that were previously considered remote "According to the Prime Minister's Office.

PM Modi will also address a rally in Dehradun today to kick off the electoral campaign for the forthcoming Uttarakhand assembly elections.

The Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor (from Eastern Peripheral Expressway Junction to Dehradun) will cost about Rs 8,300 crore to construct. The Dehradun Economic Corridor project intends to cut the time it takes to travel from Delhi to Dehradun in half, from six hours to roughly 2.5 hours. It would be connected to Haridwar, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Yamunagar, Baghpat, Meerut, and Baraut by seven major interchanges. It will have Asia's largest wildlife elevated corridor (12 kilometres) for free passage of wildlife.

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