According to news agency Press Trust of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Karnataka on Friday to inaugurate four refurbished railroad stations, flag off a Vande Bharat Express, and activate Bengaluru Metro's Pink Line.
PM Modi will open development projects in Bengaluru valued at over Rs 15,600 crore and lay the foundation stone during his visit. He will also participate in the golden jubilee festivities of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana and attend events in Mysuru.
The prime minister will launch services on the new Pink Line and take the Metro from Tavarekere to the IIM Bangalore station, according to an official statement reported by PTI. He will speak to an assembly as well.
The development of the Pink Line length, which runs from Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere, cost roughly Rs 3,470 crore.
In Koppal-II and Gadag-II, PM Modi will launch the Transmission Scheme for Integration of Renewable Energy Zones, Phase II. An estimated Rs 4,450 crore was invested in the project's development. Additionally, he will open the Transmission Scheme for the Solar Energy Zone in Bidar, which was constructed for approximately Rs 1,370 crore.
The Transmission Scheme for the Integration of the Davanagere-Chitradurga and Ballari Renewable Energy Zones, which will require an investment of more than Rs 3,450 crore, will have its foundation laid by the prime minister. Additionally, he will build the groundwork for a project to fortify the transmission infrastructure at Davanagere and Ballari in order to integrate more renewable energy potential. Over Rs 1,100 crore will be spent on the project.
The largest underground LPG storage cavern in India, built at a cost of more than Rs 850 crore, will be dedicated to the country by the prime minister in Mangaluru. The facility will greatly improve India's LPG storage infrastructure with its 80,000 metric tons of storage capacity, according to the official announcement.
To facilitate the transportation and storage of LPG, the project includes a 9.4-kilometer LPG pipeline that connects New Mangalore Port to the main terminal.
Additionally, PM Modi will dedicate the Devangonthi Marketing Terminal of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited in Bengaluru to the country. The facility, which cost Rs 330 crore to build, would improve Karnataka's petroleum product distribution and storage.
At Bengaluru's Haralakunte, he will lay the foundation stone for GAIL's compressed biogas plant. The facility will generate 12.6 tons of compressed biogas every day by processing roughly 300 tons of municipal solid trash.
Under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, the prime minister will open the renovated train stations at Sakleshpur, Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, and Subrahmanya Road. As part of the 284-km Gadag-Hospet doubling project, he will also dedicate the doubling of the 45-km Bagalkot-Wandal railroad line to the country.
Additionally, PM Modi will dedicate the electrification of the 55-kilometer Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road Ghat railroad stretch to the country.
In order to facilitate quicker rail connections between Bengaluru, coastal Karnataka, and Goa, he would launch the Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express.
After that, PM Modi will go to Mysuru to participate in a tree-planting event at Bharat Vann, open the COSMOS-Mysuru Planetarium, and give a speech.
The prime minister will also be present at Prashanti Kutiram, the residential headquarters campus of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, or S-VYASA, which is celebrating its golden jubilee. In Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, he will open the S-VYASA off-campus center and lay the cornerstone for the Golden Jubilee Administrative Block.
Additionally, the event will mark the centennial of former RSS general secretary H V Sheshadri's birth.
In addition to programs in Mysuru and the S-VYASA golden jubilee celebrations, PM Modi's visit to Karnataka will encompass infrastructure projects related to metro, railroads, electricity, waste processing, and petroleum.
