`Flyers shouldn`t be affected during PM`s visit to Karnataka`: CM Basavaraj Bommai

This was said by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai during a preliminary meeting with officials held to discuss preparations for the opening of airport terminal 2 and the unveiling of a 108-foot statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday instructed officials to ensure airport passengers remain unaffected during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Kempegowda International Airport here next month. The Chief Minister held a preliminary meeting with officials regarding the arrangements for the inauguration of terminal-2 of the airport and unveiling of 108-foot statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, founder of Bengaluru, by Modi on November 11.

He said the function should not affect the travelling public to the airport and the police must ensure that there is no disruption of traffic on the day of the inauguration. Higher Education Minister C N Ashwath Narayan informed the meeting that as a prelude to the November 11 function, a campaign "Banni Naada Kattona' is being held for the collection of sacred mud (Mruthike) from all districts, and it would start from October 21.

On Friday, October 21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be travelling to Kedarnath and Badrinath to lay the foundation stone for several roads and the Hemkund Sahib ropeway. He will also review and launch various development projects. According to Pradhan Pujari of the Badrinath-Kedarnath Mandir Samiti, Ganga Dhar Linga