New Delhi, March 5 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation multiple development projects worth over Rs 19,600 crore in Chandikhole, Odisha, today.

The projects relate to sectors including oil and gas, railways, roads, transport and highways and atomic energy.

Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that, with the blessings of Lord Jagannath and Maa Birja, a new stream of development started flowing today in Jajpur and Odisha.

Noting the Jayanti of Biju Patnaik, the Prime Minister remembered his incomparable contribution to the nation and Odisha.

Highlighting the inauguration and foundation stone laying of mega development projects worth about Rs 20,000 crores in the sectors of pe...