Modi Arrives in Bengaluru for Launch of Major Infrastructure Projects
PM Modi is set to inaugurate Bengaluru Metro's Pink Line and the Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express later today.
Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bengaluru on Friday morning to inaugurate a series of infrastructure projects worth more than Rs 15,600 crore in Karnataka, including the Bengaluru Metro's Pink Line and the Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express.
Chief Minister DK Shivakumar received Modi at the HAL airport. Governor Sudha Yadav was also present.
On his arrival, Modi attended the golden jubilee celebrations of Prashanti Kutiram, the headquarters of S-VYASA.
He will later flag off the Bengaluru Metro's Pink Line at 12.45 pm. At a public programme around 1.15 pm, he will dedicate projects worth over Rs 15,600 crore to the nation. These include the 80,000-tonne underground LPG storage cavern at Mangaluru, MRPL's Devangonthi Marketing Terminal and the Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express.
He will also dedicate railway track-doubling and electrification works, inaugurate four redeveloped railway stations and launch renewable energy transmission projects. The foundation stone will be laid for a compressed biogas plant at Haralakunte in Bengaluru.
Later, Modi will travel to Mysuru for a tree plantation programme at Bharat Vann under the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' initiative and inaugurate COSMOS-Mysuru Planetarium, India's first LED dome planetarium. He is scheduled to address public gatherings in both cities.
