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OF VOTES AND INAUGURATIONS Four of the five states/Union territories going to polls in the coming months have seen a host of inaugurations and stone-laying ceremonies by their respective chief ministers. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi have also made their presence felt at these events | PM Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone of an airport at Kishangarh, about 100 km from Jaipur and about 35 km from Rajasthan Ajmer, to cater to dargah pilgrims Congress and Pushkar tourists Chief minister: | UPA chief Sonia Gandhi laid the Ashok Gehlot foundation stone of a ~37, 230-cr refinery-cum-petrochemical project at Barmer. State-run fuel retailer HPCL and Rajasthan state government are shareholders | Trial run of the Jaipur Metro. | Vicinity of the project is likely to Phase-1 east-west corridor of the get investments of ~70,000 crore Metro is expected to cost ~3,200 cr | PM dedicated NTPC’s 2,980-Mw Sipat power station to the nation. It would supply electricity to Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Jammu BJP & Kashmir, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Chief minister: Raman Singh | The CM inaugurated construction works worth ~174 crore | PM inaugurated a restored Humayun’s Tomb | Sheila Dikshit inaugurated a 66-Mw power plant in Delhi north-west Delhi Congress | The CM said Delhi was on track Chief minister: to get a monorail by 2017 Sheila Dikshit | Rahul Gandhi handed over ownership rights to the first batch of residents of resettlement colonies in Sriniwaspuri, Wazirpur, Satya Niketan, Janakpuri, Pankha Road and Madangir Madhya Pradesh | In September alone, the CM laid the foundation for BJP development works costing ~630 crore, and Chief minister: inaugurated several projects Shivraj Singh Chouhan Source: Business Standard reports.

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