PM Modi's Two Day Visit To Karnataka Begins Today, Will Attend International Yoga Day Event At Mysuru Palace
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka for two days during which he will launch several development projects and will also participate in International Yoga Day on Tuesday.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go on a two-day visit to Karnataka on - Monday and Tuesday. During which he will inaugurate several projects and also participate in International Yoga Day. The theme for this year's Yoga Day is "Yoga for Humanity". The theme portrays how yoga served humanity in alleviating suffering during the Covid pandemic, it noted. Modi's yoga programme is also part of the novel programme 'Guardian Yoga Ring', which is a collaborative exercise between 79 countries and United Nations organisations along with Indian missions abroad to illustrate yoga's unifying power surpassing boundaries.
On Monday, first on his list is to visit the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, where he will inaugurate the Center for Brain Research (CBR) and lay the foundation stone for the Bagchi-Parthasarathy Multispecialty Hospital. The Centre for Brain Research (CBR), is developed as a one of its kind research facility and focuses on conducting vital research to provide evidence-based public health interventions to manage age-related brain disorders. The 832-bed Bagchi Parthasarathy Multispeciality Hospital will also be developed on the campus of IISc Bengaluru and will help integrate science, engineering, and medicine at the prestigious institute. It will provide a major fillip to clinical research in the country and will work toward finding innovative solutions that will help in the improvement of healthcare services in the country.
At around 1:45 pm, he will inaugurate the Dr. B. R. Ambedkar School of Economics (BASE) Bengaluru, the residential university was set up in 2017 recognizing the contributions made by Dr B R Ambedkar towards the development of Independent India and as a tribute to his memory on the occasion of his 125th birth anniversary. He will then unveil the statue of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
He will also dedicate to the nation 150 'Technology Hub’ which has been developed by transforming Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in Karnataka at a cost of over Rs 4,600 crore and is supported by many industry partners. It aims to create a skilled workforce to address Industry 4.0 manpower needs. These hubs, through various innovative courses, will provide high-skill training in cutting-edge technology and improve opportunities for ITI graduates in employment and entrepreneurship.
PM will reach Kommaghatta in Bengaluru at around 2:45 pm, where he will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for several rail and road infrastructure projects worth over Rs 27000 crore.
At around 5.30 pm, the Prime Minister will attend a public function at the Maharaja's College Ground in Mysore, where he will lay the foundation stone for the coaching terminal at Naganahalli railway station that will be developed at a cost of over Rs 480 crore.
During the event, he will launch a ‘Centre of Excellence for Persons with Communication Disorders' at the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH). Center of Excellence. According to Indian Express, this will be equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities for diagnosis, assessment and rehabilitation of persons with communication disorders.
Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Bengaluru Suburban rail project (BSRP) which will connect Bengaluru city with its suburbs and satellite townships.
The project, which is to be built at a cost of over Rs 15,700 crore, envisages four corridors with a total route length of over 148 kms. He will also lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Bengaluru Cantt and Yesvantpur Junction railway station to be developed at a cost of around Rs 500 crore and Rs 375 crore respectively, it said. India's first air-conditioned railway station- Sir M Visvesvaraya Railway Station at Baiyappanahalli, which is developed on the lines of a modern airport at a total cost of around Rs 315 crore, will also be launched by him among several other railway and road projects.
The PM will visit Sri Suttur Math in Mysore at around 7 pm then he will visit Sri Chamundeshwari Temple in Mysore at around 7:45 pm.
On Tuesday on the occasion of the 8th International Day of Yoga, on June 21, at around 6:30 am, PM Modi will participate in a mass yoga demonstration at the Mysore Palace grounds. As the sun moves from the east to the west across the world, the mass yoga demonstrations in the participating countries, if seen from any one point on the earth, will seem to be happening one after the other, almost in tandem, thus underlining the concept of 'One sun, one earth', the PMO said, “Since 2015, the International Day of Yoga (IDY) is celebrated worldwide on June 21 every year.”
Mass Yoga demonstrations will also be organised at 75 iconic locations across the country including various educational, social, political, cultural, and other civil society organisations under the leadership of 75 Union Ministers.
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