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PM Modi to Launch India's First Hydrogen Train, Unveil ₹25,000 Crore Projects

Published on: 16 Jul 2026, 11:05 AM
PM Modi to Launch India's First Hydrogen Train, Unveil ₹25,000 Crore Projects

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Haryana, Chandigarh, and Punjab on Friday, July 17, 2026, to inaugurate and lay the foundation for projects worth over ₹25,000 crore. The visit will highlight India's first-ever hydrogen-powered fuel cell train, which will be flagged off at Jind in Haryana.

The 10-coach train, designed and integrated indigenously, is among the world's longest and most powerful hydrogen-fuelled passenger trainsets, with a 3,200 horsepower propulsion system. Unlike traditional trains, it generates electricity onboard through a chemical reaction between hydrogen and atmospheric oxygen, leaving only water vapour as emission.

At the Eklavya Stadium in Jind, the Prime Minister will dedicate national highway projects worth ₹12,470 crore. These include the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, a 157.92 km four-lane greenfield stretch built at ₹9,680 crore, expected to reduce travel time from Delhi to Katra from 14 hours to six hours. The Jind-Gohana Greenfield Highway (NH-352A) will cut transit time from two hours to 40 minutes.

Mr. Modi will also lay the foundation stone for a state-of-the-art Sikh museum in Kurukshetra, celebrating the legacy of the Sikh Gurus, and dedicate new medical colleges in Bhiwani and Narnaul to the nation.

In the afternoon, the Prime Minister will arrive in Chandigarh to inaugurate healthcare and road infrastructure projects worth ₹4,700 crore. These include PGIMER Chandigarh's Advanced Mother and Child Centre, a 300-bed tertiary care facility for high-risk pregnancies and intensive newborn treatment, and an advanced neurosciences centre offering neurology, neurosurgery, and neuro-critical care under one roof. He will also lay the foundation stone for the PM-ABHIM Critical Care Block, a 150-bed emergency response and disaster backup facility.

Mr. Modi will inaugurate the six-lane greenfield highway from IT City to Kurali (Mohali) to improve inter-state transit between Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir.

Concluding his tour in Jalandhar, the Prime Minister will dedicate rail and road infrastructure projects totalling over ₹5,470 crore. He will inaugurate 75 redeveloped modern railway stations across 20 states, including Jalandhar Cantonment (cost ₹1,570 crore), and the Daulatpur Chowk-Kartoli new rail line, part of the Nangal Dam-Talwara-Mukerian project. New train services such as Kartoli-Ambala and Amritsar-Varanasi will be flagged off.

Additionally, Mr. Modi will launch the 30.9 km Package-6 of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway and lay the foundation for the Southern Ludhiana Bypass. These initiatives aim to boost connectivity and modernise infrastructure across the region.

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