New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a one-day visit to Karnataka today where he will dedicate to the nation Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway and IIT Dharwad and will lay the foundation stone for various projects. At around 12:15 PM, the Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation, the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway and will lay the foundation stone for Mysuru-Kushalnagar Expressway.
Before the Expressway inauguration, PM Modi is scheduled to hold a roadshow at 11:30 AM.
Later in the day at around 4 PM, Modi will reach Hubballi-Dharwad where he will inaugurate the Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad, the world's longest railway platform at Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji Hubballi Station, and will lay the foundation stone of various development projects.
PM Modi Mandya Visit
The first leg of PM Modi’s visit to Karnataka will start from Mandya, where he will dedicate the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway to the nation. The project involves 6-laning of the Bengaluru-Nidaghatta-Mysuru section of NH-275.
The 118 Km long project has been developed at a total cost of around Rs 8,480 crores. It will reduce the travel time between Bengaluru and Mysuru from around 3 hours to about 75 minutes and will act as a catalyst for socio-economic development in the region, read the statement by the Prime Minister’s Office.
He will also lay the foundation stone for Mysuru-Kushalnagar 4 lane highway. Spread over 92 kilometres, the project will be developed at a cost of around Rs 4,130 crores and will help halve the travel time from about 5 to only 2.5 hours.
PM Modi Hubballi-Dharwad Visit
After Mandya, PM Modi will visit Hubballi-Dharwad where he will dedicate to the nation IIT Dharwad, for which the foundation stone was laid by him in February 2019. Developed at a cost of over Rs. 850 crores, the institute currently offers 4-year B.Tech. programs, inter-disciplinary 5-year BS-MS program, M.Tech. and Ph.D. programs.
He will also dedicate to the nation the longest railway platform in the world at Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji Hubballi Station. The record has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records recently. The 1507 m long platform has been built at a cost of about Rs. 20 crores.
He will dedicate the electrification of Hosapete – Hubballi – Tinaighat section and the upgradation of Hosapete station worth Rs 530 crores.
During his visit, PM Modi will lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation various developmental projects worth Rs 520 crores.