Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to lay the foundation stone for various infrastructure development projects worth Rs 6100 crore in Warangal, Telangana, on July 8.
“Leaving for Warangal to attend a programme where we will inaugurate or lay the foundation stone for development works worth over Rs. 6100 crores. These works cover different sectors ranging from highways to railways. They will benefit the people of Telangana,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet on July 8 morning before leaving for Warangal.
Before attending the foundation stone laying events, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bhadrakali temple in Warangal at 10.30 am, where he would perform puja. He is also scheduled to address a public meeting in the district.
Meanwhile, Telangana Chief Minister Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is most likely to skip Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s program.
Earlier, Telangana BJP leadership informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit Telangana on Saturday (July 8) to participate in several official programmes and a public meeting in Warangal.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is coming to Telangana on July 8 to inaugurate three National Highways. The main program is laying the foundation stone for a wagon manufacturing unit in Warangal. It was a commitment by the BJP Government,” BJP Spokesperson Prakash Reddy earlier said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the wagon manufacturing unit. The budget has already been allocated in the last budget, as per the BJP leader.
Prakash Reddy said that more than 3,000 people will get jobs in this project. It will also certainly boost the industrial development in Warangal, he added.
“The project was delayed because of the delay in handing over the land and other legal problems. However, the issues are resolved now. The project will be completed within a short time. As part of this, Telangana BJP is planning to organize a public meeting there,” Prakash Reddy said earlier.
The Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson said that the meeting is to convey the development activities and welfare activities done by the Modi Government.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the public meeting and give the message to the people of Telangana about the commitment of the Government to the people of Telangana for its development and completing the bifurcation promises made during the bifurcation act,” Prakash Reddy said earlier.
“The Prime Minister will also explain what the Bharatiya Janata Party Government is doing for Telangana. The Prime Minister will keep coming to Hyderabad and Telangana again. The public meeting will be a grand success,” Prakash Reddy said earlier.
From Warangal, he will travel to Bikaner in Rajasthan to dedicate and lay the foundation stone of development projects worth over Rs 24,300 crore, a PMO statement earlier informed.
The statement further added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation a six-lane greenfield expressway section of the Amritsar – Jamnagar Economic Corridor and phase-I of the Inter-State Transmission Line for Green Energy Corridor.
The statement further added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Bikaner Railway station.
On July 7, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the closing ceremony of the centenary celebrations of Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 awardee, publisher Gita Press here.
Following the Gita Press event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flaged off two Vande Bharat trains connecting Gorakhpur – Lucknow and Jodhpur – Ahmedabad (Sabarmati) and laid the foundation stone of the Gorakhpur Railway Station redevelopment.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a tour of four States, including Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, and Rajasthan, from July 7 to 8.
Except for Uttar Pradesh, all the States are going to polls later this year.
(with inputs from ANI)
