Thenirbhaya , 5/3/, Sanatan Dalabehera , BUERO – PM Modi Launches Development Projects Worth Over ₹ 19,600 Crore In Odisha .PM Modi said the BJP-led central government was committed to the development of eastern India, which is filled with natural resources.”Our government works for the present as well as for the future, with the aim of a ‘Viksit Bharat’ (developed India),” he said during a programme in Bhubaneswar.The projects that were launched are related to different sectors, including Oil & Gas, Railways, Road, Transport & Highways and Atomic Energy.Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Bishweswar Tudu were also present on the occasion.PM Modi also paid tribute to former Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik on his birth anniversary.The PM said the Union government has constructed an additional 3,000-km national highway in the state and increased Odisha’s rail allocation by 12 times since 2014.”We have completed many projects that remained incomplete for years. The Paradip Refinery project is one such instance of negligence by the previous government,” he said.The projects inaugurated by the Prime Minister include the Indian Oil Corporation’s mono ethylene glycol facility at the Paradip Refinery, which will further help in reducing India’s import dependency, a 344-km product pipeline from Paradip to Haldia in West Bengal, and a 0.6-MMTPA LPG import facility at Paradip.