Bengaluru (IANS) | Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Karnataka on Saturday to participate in various inaugural programs in the state’s Bengaluru and Chikkaballapur districts. On his arrival at the HAL airport here, the Prime Minister was received by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot. Housing Minister V. Somanna was also present on the occasion. After this the PM left for Chikkaballapur in a special helicopter.
PM Modi dedicated the Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research of the Sathya Sai Ashram at Muddenahalli in Chikkaballapur taluk.
He is expected to inaugurate the Whitefield (Kadugodi) to KR Puram Metro line in Bengaluru. The 13.71 km stretch with 12 stations has been built at a cost of Rs 4,249 crore.
Whitefield (Kadugodi) station has been decorated for this. The stretch would provide much needed help to the technical population, who complained of traffic jams.
PM Modi will ride the metro after the inauguration.
He will also address the BJP Maha Sangam public rally in central Karnataka’s Davangere city. The whole city is colored with saffron flags.
PM Modi will reach Shivamogga airport from Davangere and fly back to New Delhi.
–IANS
