The Prime Minister’s Office release says the Prime Minister launched and announced development projects in Chandigarh across healthcare, education, infrastructure, and cleanliness. The release is relevant because it connects a city-specific programme with larger themes of urban governance, health-system expansion, and criminal justice reform.
What happened
According to the Prime Minister’s Office release, the Chandigarh programme covered new and expanded facilities at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. The facilities named in the release were the Advanced Neurosciences Centre, the Advanced Mother and Child Centre, and the Critical Care Hospital Block.
The release also listed education and research works: a boys’ hostel and mess at Punjab Engineering College, a hostel for Government College in Sector-46, and a foundation stone for a Research Scholars Hostel.
On connectivity and mobility, the release mentioned a six-lane greenfield highway from IT City to Kurali, the foundation stone for the Ambala–Chandigarh Greenfield Highway’s PR-7 Spur, railway projects in Jalandhar, and a hydrogen train service from Jind to Sonipat.
Background and earlier position
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