Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin a two-day visit to Karnataka and Gujarat on Friday, during which he will inaugurate development projects, attend cultural and educational programmes and offer prayers at a temple.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, PM Modi will begin his Karnataka visit at 10:45 AM by attending the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Prashanti Kutiram, the headquarters of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA). He will address a gathering and launch the institution’s off-campus centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
At 12:45 PM, the Prime Minister will flag off the Bengaluru Metro Pink Line and travel from Tavarekere to IIM Bangalore Metro station.
The Rs 3,470-crore line will improve urban connectivity and extend the Namma Metro network beyond 100 km.
At around 01:15 PM, PM Modi will launch and dedicate development projects worth more than Rs 15,600 crore in Bengaluru. These projects cover urban mobility, renewable energy, power transmission, petroleum infrastructure, waste management and railways.
Prime Minister Modi will later travel to Mysuru and inaugurate the COSMOS-Mysuru Planetarium at around 03:30 PM.
Developed by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, the facility is India’s first LED dome planetarium.
The Prime Minister will inaugurate India’s largest underground LPG storage cavern in Mangaluru, with a capacity of 80,000 metric tonnes. Other projects include renewable energy transmission systems, a compressed biogas plant, redeveloped railway stations and railway electrification.
On Saturday, PM Modi will visit Gujarat’s Banaskantha district to perform darshan and pooja at the Ambaji Temple, one of the 51 revered Shakti Peethas.
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