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PM Modi to visit Karnataka on June 20-21, to inaugurate railways, national highway projects

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka for two days on June 20 and 21, confirmed chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday.

During his visit, the Prime Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of two railway and national highway projects in the state.

While speaking to media, Bommai also confirmed that from Bengaluru, PM Modi will travel to Mysuru, visit Suttur Mutt in Chamundeshwari and attend Yoga Day event.

According to the Karnataka CM, PM Modi is scheduled to arrive at Yelahanka airbase at 11.55 am and reach the Indian Institute of Science by helicopter to participate in two programs.

There, he will inaugurate the Brain Cell Research Centre established at a cost of Rs 450 crore by Kris Gopalakrishnan and lay the foundation stone for an 850-bed Research Hospital being built by the MindTree.

He also informed that the Suburban Rail project for Bengaluru will also take off on the same day as the Prime Minister would lay the foundation for a Rs 15,000 crore project to provide mass transit connectivity from the heart of the city to many localities in the outskirts.

Apart from this, PM Modi would also launch six railway projects. He is scheduled to lay the foundation stone for the Satellite Town Ring Road connecting Dabaspet on Tumakuru road with Old Madras Road near Hosakote.

Ahead of PM Modi’s visit to Bengaluru and Mysuru, the Karnataka government declared a holiday for the higher education institutions located in the proximity of his travel route due to security reasons.

Karnataka Minister for Higher Education CN Ashwath Narayan said that a government order to this effect has been issued on Saturday.

“This will be applicable to higher educational institutions in the vicinity of IISc, Goraguntepalya, CMTI, Ring Road, Dr Rajkumar Memorial flyover, Laggere bridge, Nayandahalli, Mysuru Road RV College, Nagarabavi, Sumanahalli flyover, MEI junction, Govardhan Talkies, Yashawantapura, and Jakkuru Aerodrome route,” he added.

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