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PM to inaugurate India's second Multi-Modal Terminal in Jharkhand

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation India's second riverine Multi-Modal terminal (MMT) built at Sahibganj in Jharkhand on Thursday.  <br />'' <br />'' It has been built at a cost of 290 crore rupees in a record time of about two years.  Prime Minister  Modi had laid the foundation stone of terminal in April, 2017.<br />'' <br />'' The terminal at Sahibganj will open up industries of Jharkhand and Bihar to the global market and provide Indo-Nepal cargo connectivity through waterways route.<br />'' <br />'' Coal, stone chips, fertilizers, cement and sugar are other commodities expected to be transported through the terminal. This is the second of the three Multi-Modal Terminals being constructed on river Ganga under Jal Marg Vikas Project.<br />'' <br />'' Earlier, in November last year,  the Prime Minister had inaugurated the MMT at Varanasi. <br />''  <br />

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