PM will launch several of infrastructure projects in the Islands on Sunday. He is scheduled to meet tribal chiefs and attend a public function at BJO Stadium in Car Nicobar. He is also slated to hold a review meeting with the local administration at Raj Bhawan, Port Blair and hoist a high-mast flag at South Point Sea Shore.
He will visit the cellular jail at Port Blair and pay tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to mark the 75th year of the freedom fighter's historic visit to the islands and the hoisting of the national flag at Port Blair.
At the Netaji Stadium, the prime minister will release a commemorative postal stamp and coin. He will also release the innovation and start-up policy for the islands. The prime minister will inaugurate a 7 MW solar power plant, and solar village.
(Inputs from agencies)