PM launches projects worth over Rs 5,400 crore in Durgapur, West Bengal
On 18 July 2025 in Durgapur, West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched projects worth over Rs 5,400 crore in gas, power and rail.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stones for, inaugurated and dedicated to the nation projects worth over Rs 5,400 crore in Durgapur, West Bengal, on 18 July 2025. Modi laid the foundation stone of BPCL's City Gas Distribution project in Bankura and Purulia districts, worth about Rs 1,950 crore, and dedicated the 132 km Durgapur-Kolkata section of the Durgapur-Haldia Natural Gas Pipeline, built under the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga (PMUG) project. Modi also dedicated Flue Gas Desulphurisation pollution control systems at Damodar Valley Corporation's Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station and Raghunathpur Thermal Power Station, and the 36 km doubling of the Purulia-Kotshila rail line, worth over Rs 390 crore.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 18 July 2025, Durgapur, West Bengal
- Projects
- Over Rs 5,400 crore
- BPCL CGD
- Bankura and Purulia, about Rs 1,950 crore
- Pipeline
- Durgapur-Kolkata section (132 km), Durgapur-Haldia line, PMUG
- Power
- FGD at DVC's Durgapur and Raghunathpur plants
- Rail
- Purulia-Kotshila doubling (36 km), over Rs 390 crore
Practice MCQs 3 questions
On 18 July 2025, the Prime Minister launched development projects worth how much in Durgapur, West Bengal?
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Correct answer: D — Over Rs 5,400 crore
PIB (PMO): the PM laid foundation stones, inaugurated and dedicated projects worth over Rs 5,400 crore in Durgapur.
The Durgapur-Kolkata section (132 km) of the Durgapur-Haldia Natural Gas Pipeline, dedicated on 18 July 2025, was laid under which project?
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Correct answer: A — Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga
PIB (PMO): the section was laid as part of the Jagdishpur-Haldia and Bokaro-Dhamra Pipeline, also known as the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga (PMUG) project.
The BPCL City Gas Distribution project, whose foundation stone the PM laid on 18 July 2025, covers which districts of West Bengal?
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Correct answer: B — Bankura and Purulia
PIB (PMO): the PM laid the foundation stone of BPCL's City Gas Distribution project in Bankura and Purulia districts, worth about Rs 1,950 crore.