As per reports, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Kolkata and Bihar on Friday (22 August). Latest updates are as follows:
• During a four-hour tour of Gaya, Patna and Begusarai, the Prime Minister Modi will launch or inaugurate a series of major projects on Friday (22 August).
• At Gaya, PM Modi will inaugurate the 660 MW power project in Buxar, built at a cost of INR 6,880 crore. He will also open the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Muzaffarpur in north Bihar.
• He will also inaugurate a INR 520 crore sewage treatment plant in Munger under the Namami Gange programme. In addition, he will dedicate a series of urban infrastructure projects across Bihar valued at about INR 1,260 crore.
• From Gaya, PM Modi will flag off two trains — the Amrit Bharat Express connecting Gaya to Delhi, and a Buddhist Circuit special train linking Vaishali in Bihar with Koderma in neighbouring Jharkhand.
• Later, the PM Modi will travel to Mokama in Patna district to inaugurate the 8.15 km Aunta-Simaria bridge. The structure includes a six-lane, 1.86 km stretch connecting Aunta in Mokama with Simaria in Begusarai district.
• Later in the day, the PM Modi will shift focus to Kolkata, where he will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for transport projects worth over INR 5,200 crore.
• At 1615 hours, PM Modi will launch three new stretches of the Kolkata Metro, adding 13.62 km of length across three corridors — Sealdah to Esplanade (2.45 km), Noapara to Jai Hind Bimanbandar (6.77 km) and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay to Beleghata (4.39 km).
• In Kolkata itself, at 1645 hours, PM Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various projects. After this, he will address the public meeting at 1730 hours.
