PM Modi's Karnataka, Maharashtra visit highlights: Key development projects launched
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated two new lines of the Mumbai Metro at an event in the city on Thursday (January 19).
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PM Narendra Modi Karnataka, Mumbai visit LIVE Updates: To enhance India's infrastructure and to give it a new identity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Karnataka and Maharashtra to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects worth Rs 49,600 crore. PM Modi first visited Yadgiri and Kalaburagi districts of Karnataka and laid the foundation stone and inaugurate various developmental projects related to irrigation, drinking water and a National Highway development project at Kodeka in the Yadgiri district. Further, to provide clean drinking water to households, PM Modi laid foundation stone of the Yadgir multi-village drinking water supply scheme under Jal Jeevan Mission would be laid at Kodekal, Yadgiri district.
These projects will give a major boost to country's infrastructure and will benefit over three lakh farmers in 560 villages of Kalaburgi, Yadagir and Vijaypur districts. Prime Minister will also inaugurate Narayanpur Left Bank Canal - Extension Renovation and Modernisation Project (NLBC-ERM). The project, with canal carrying capacity of 10,000 cusecs, can irrigate 4.5 lakh hectares of command area.
Later in the day, PM Modi reached Mumbai around 5 pm to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth around Rs 38,800 crores. He also flagged off two lines of the Mumbai Metro and will undertake a ride.
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