Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day visit to Karnataka and Gujarat beginning today. Mr Modi will inaugurate, dedicate to the nation, lay the foundation stone and flag off various development projects worth over Rs 15,600 crore rupees in Bengaluru this morning.
These projects span key sectors including urban mobility, power transmission, renewable energy, petroleum infrastructure, waste management and railways.
Prime Minister will inaugurate the much-awaited Metro Pink Line from Kalena Agrahara to S G Palya station and flag off the Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express, providing faster and modern rail connectivity between Bengaluru, Coastal Karnataka and Goa.
Akashvani correspondent reports that, after arriving this morning, the Prime Minister will participate in the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Prashanti Kutiram, the campus of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana.
Thereafter, the Prime Minister will travel in the new Metro Pink line and launch various development projects at IIM Bengaluru.
These include the inauguration of and foundation stone laying for various power transmission schemes in the state. He will dedicate India’s largest underground LPG storage cavern in Mangaluru, dedicate to the nation the Devangonthi marketing terminal of MRPL refinery and lay the foundation stone for GAIL Compressed Biogas Plant.
Mr Modi will also inaugurate four redeveloped railway stations under the Amrit Bharat Station scheme at Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, Sakleshpur and Subramanya Road.
He will dedicate the 45 kms Bagalkot-Wandal railway line doubling section and the electrification of the 55 kms Sakleshpur-Subramanya Road Ghat section.
Later, visiting Mysuru, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the COSMOS Planetarium built by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. This is the first LED Dome planetarium in India with the state of the art 15 metre tilted dome and 4.2 crore individual LEDs.
