PM Modi to visit 5 states including Manipur

New Delhi, Sep 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar between September 13 and 15 to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of development projects worth more than Rs 70,000 crore.

According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the visit will begin in Aizawl on September 13, where projects worth over Rs 9000 crore will be launched, including the inauguration of the Bairabi–Sairang rail line connecting Mizoram to the national network for the first time.

The Prime Minister will also flag off three new trains linking Aizawl with Delhi, Guwahati and Kolkata. Later that day, he will lay the foundation stone of projects worth over Rs 7,300 crore at Churachandpur, Manipur, and inaugurate projects of Rs 1,200 crore in Imphal. In the evening, he will attend centenary celebrations of Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika in Guwahati. On September 14, Mr. Modi will launch projects worth over Rs 18,500 crore in Assam, including medical colleges, highways and the state’s first bio-ethanol plant at Numaligarh. On September 15, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the Combined Commanders’ Conference in Kolkata and later travel to Bihar. At Purnea, he will open a new airport terminal and launch projects worth around Rs 36,000 crore. These include a Rs 25,000 crore thermal power plant at Bhagalpur, new rail lines, Vande Bharat and Amrit Bharat trains, and the National Makhana Board to support farmers in the state.

PM’S MAIDEN VISIT TO MANIPUR SINCE 2023 ETHNIC CLASHES

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to set foot in Manipur on Saturday, over two years after a deadly ethnic violence swept the northeastern state, and unveil projects to the tune of Rs 8,500 crore, officials said. Modi will lay foundation stones for various development projects worth Rs 7,300 crore from Peace Ground in Churachandpur, where Kukis are in the majority. The PM will also inaugurate infrastructure projects totalling Rs 1,200 crore from Meitei-majority Imphal, they said. The prime minister’s visit comes amid repeated criticism by opposition parties for not coming to the state following the ethnic strife between the Kuki and Meitei communities, which has left over 260 people dead and thousands homeless since May 2023.