PM Modi To Visit Karnataka And Maharashtra

To lay the foundation stone of various projects…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka and Maharashtra to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects.

Preparations are in full swing in both the states to welcome PM Modi.

The Prime Minister will make a visit to the Yadgiri and Kalaburagi districts of Karnataka in the morning hours and lay the foundation stone and will inaugurate various developmental projects related to irrigation, drinking water and a National Highway development project at Kodeka in the Yadgiri district.

According to the Prime Minister's Office, in a step to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections to all households, the foundation stone of the Yadgir multi-village drinking water supply scheme under Jal Jeevan Mission would be laid at Kodekal, Yadgiri district.

A Water Treatment Plant of 117 MLD will be built under this scheme.

The project, which costs more than ? 2,050 crore, will provide potable water to about 2.3 lakh households of more than 700 rural habitations and three towns in the Yadgiri district.

During the programme, the Prime Minister will also inaugurate Narayanpur Left Bank Canal - Extension Renovation and Modernisation Project (NLBC-ERM).

The project, with a canal carrying capacity of 10,000 cusecs, can irrigate 4.5 lakh hectares of command area.

This project will benefit three lakh farmers in 560 villages of Kalaburgi, Yadagir and Vijaypur districts. The total cost of the project is near about Rs. 4,700 crores, said the PMO statement.

Ahead of the PM's programme in Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai termed the modernisation of the Narayanpur Left Bank Canal (NLBC) as a model for the entire country and also an important milestone in the field of the irrigation sector.