PM Modi to inaugurate projects in poll-bound Karnataka, Maharashtra today

PM Modi will reach Mumbai by the evening to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth around ₹38,800 crore in Mumbai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 19 will visit both Karnataka and Maharashtra to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects.

As preparations are in full swing in both the States to welcome the Prime Minister, let us take a look at the projects to be inaugurated today:

PM Modi will make a visit to the Kalaburagi and Yadgir districts of Karnataka in the morning hours and lay the foundation stone and inaugurate various developmental projects related to irrigation, drinking water and a National Highway development project at Kodeka in the Yadgir district.

According to Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), in an effort to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections to all households, the foundation stone of the Yadgir multi-village drinking water supply scheme under Jal Jeevan Mission would be laid at Kodekal, Yadgiri district. A Water Treatment Plant of 117 MLD will be built under the scheme. The project, which costs more than ₹2,050 crore, will provide potable water to about 2.3 lakh households of more than 700 rural habitations and three towns in the Yadgir district.

During the programme, 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. It will benefit more than three lakh farmers in 560 villages of Kalaburagi, Yadgir and Bijapur districts. The total cost of the project is about ₹4,700 crore, said the PMO statement.

In the afternoon, PM Modi will reach Malkhed village of Kalaburagi district, where he will distribute title deeds ( hakku patra) to the eligible beneficiaries of these newly declared revenue villages. The issuance of title deeds to more than 50,000 beneficiaries, who are largely from the marginalised and vulnerable communities from the SC, ST and OBC, is a step to provide formal recognition from the government for their land and will make them eligible for receiving government services like drinking water, electricity, roads etc.

During the programme, Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone of the 71 km section of NH-150C. This six-lane Greenfield road project is also part of Surat- Chennai Expressway. It is being built at a cost of more than ₹2,100 crore.