Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bengaluru on Friday and attended the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Prashanti Kutiram during the course of his visit to the state to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development and infrastructure projects worth more than Rs 15,600 crore.
Modi will be inaugurating the elevated section of the Pink Line of Namma Metro at approximately 12:45 pm. and will take a metro train from Tavarekere to the IIM Bangalore station.
Costing nearly Rs 3,470 crore, the 7.5-km elevated corridor passes through six stations between Kalena Agrahara and Tavarekere. The new corridor will help enhance connectivity across south Bengaluru and ease daily travel.
Starting at Prashanti Kutiram, the Prime Minister will be part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the institute and will unveil the foundation stone for its Golden Jubilee Administrative Block. He will also launch the S-VYASA off-campus centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
As per the Prime Minister’s Office, Modi will also be inaugurating and dedicating to the nation a number of projects in the fields of renewable energy, power transmission, petroleum, waste management and railways.
He will also inaugurate the Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express before proceeding to Mysuru.
