Modi to Launch Karnataka Projects Worth Over Rs 15,600 Crore on Nov 13

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka on November 13 to inaugurate and dedicate development projects worth more than Rs 15,600 crore. The projects cover urban transport, renewable energy, petroleum infrastructure, waste management and railway connectivity.

Modi will begin the visit at around 10:45 a.m. by attending the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Prashanti Kutiram, the headquarters of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana. He will lay the foundation stone for its Golden Jubilee Administrative Block and launch the institution's off-campus centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

“The Golden Jubilee celebration marks five decades of institution-building and service.”

At around 12:45 p.m., he will flag off the Bengaluru Metro's Pink Line and take a ride from Tavarekere to IIM Bangalore Metro station. The line connects Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere and was developed at a cost of around Rs 3,470 crore.

He will also dedicate India's largest underground LPG storage cavern in Mangaluru, built at a cost of over Rs 850 crore with a storage capacity of 80,000 metric tonnes. The project includes a 9.4-km pipeline connecting New Mangalore Port to the main terminal.

Railway projects include the Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express, which will connect Bengaluru with Coastal Karnataka and Goa. The train will pass through Hassan, Sakleshpur, Mangaluru, Udupi, Murdeshwar, Gokarna and Karwar before reaching Madgaon.

Later, Modi will travel to Mysuru to inaugurate the COSMOS-Mysuru Planetarium at around 3:30 p.m. The Golden Jubilee celebration runs from November 13 to 23 under the theme Towards Viksit Bharat 2047 and marks five decades of institution-building.

The programme will also commemorate the birth centenary of Hongasandra Venkataramaiah Sheshadri Ji, born in Bengaluru in 1926. He joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1946 and served as its Sarkaryavah from 1987 to 2000.