PM Modi Arrives In Bengaluru; To Launch Projects Worth Over Rs 15,600 Crore

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bengaluru on Friday and received a warm welcome from Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Governor Dr Sudha Yadav and senior BJP leaders at HAL Airport.

Former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, BJP state president BY Vijayendra, Assembly Leader of Opposition R Ashoka, Legislative Council Leader of Opposition Chalavadi Narayanaswamy and Union Minister of State Shobha Karandlaje greeted him.

Authorities made elaborate security arrangements for the visit.

BJP workers gathered along his route, waved flags and cheered as his convoy passed through the city. Saffron and BJP flags lined the roads.

PM Modi will launch and dedicate development projects worth more than Rs 15,600 crore during his visit, according to R Ashoka. He will attend the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Prashanti Kutiram, the headquarters of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA). He will lay the foundation stone for its Golden Jubilee Administrative Block and launch its off-campus centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

The Prime Minister will inaugurate Bengaluru Metro’s Pink Line, built for Rs 3,470 crore. The line will extend the Namma Metro network beyond 100 km.

PM Modi will lay the foundation stone for GAIL’s Rs 123.42-crore compressed biogas plant at Haralakunte. The facility will process 300 tonnes of wet waste daily and supply piped cooking gas to 25,000 households.

In Mangaluru, PM Modi will inaugurate an underground LPG storage facility with a capacity of 80,000 metric tonnes. The project cost Rs 854 crore. Other programmes include the inauguration of the COSMOS-Mysuru planetarium.

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