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PM Modi to launch projects worth Rs 15,600 crore in Bengaluru

The Prime Minister will visit Karnataka and Gujarat on November 13-14 to inaugurate several infrastructure and development works.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka and Gujarat on November 13-14 to inaugurate and dedicate various development projects worth over Rs 15,600 crore in Bengaluru, according to The Pioneer and Telangana Today.

On Friday, the Prime Minister will attend the golden jubilee celebrations of Prashanti Kutiram, the residential campus of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), in Jigani. He is scheduled to flag off the Bengaluru Metro Pink Line's elevated corridor services from Tavarekere to the IIM Bangalore metro station.

During his Bengaluru visit, the Prime Minister will lay foundation stones and dedicate projects covering sectors such as railways, waste management, renewable energy, power transmission, petroleum infrastructure, and urban transport. These works include the inauguration of the COSMOS-Mysuru Planetarium and a tree plantation programme at Bharat Vann in Mysuru.

The Prime Minister will also dedicate India’s largest underground LPG storage cavern in Mangaluru, built for over Rs 850 crore with an 80,000 metric tonne capacity. Additionally, he will inaugurate four redeveloped railway stations under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, Sakleshpur, and Subrahmanya Road.

Other scheduled activities include flagging off the Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express and dedicating the 45 km Bagalkot-Wandal railway line doubling section. On Saturday, the Prime Minister will travel to Gujarat to perform puja and darshan at the Ambaji temple in Banaskantha.

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