Eyeing elections, PM Modi on inauguration spree in Karnataka

Elections are fast approaching in Karnataka and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state is facing tough time.

Winning the election is a must for BJP and for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In view of this, PM is inaugurating multiple projects in the state to woo the voters.

On his arrival in Bengaluru on Monday, Modi visited the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre on the outskirts of the city to inaugurate the India Energy Week in a special chopper.

He will inaugurate HAL helicopter factory in Gubbi taluk of Tumakuru. This manufacturing facility spread across 615 acre of land is dubbed as India’s largest manufacturing facility of light utility helicopters and Indian multirole helicopters. He will also address a public rally after inaugurating the HAL manufacturing factory.

Modi will also lay the foundation stone for Tumakuru industrial township, an industrial node on the Chennai-Bengaluru industrial corridor. The project is aimed to provide employment to more than 90,000 people. It is spread over 1,722 acre and is being implemented at a cost of Rs 1,701 crore. Later, Modi will inaugurate multi-village water supply schemes under the Jal Jeevan Mission in Tiptur taluk and Chikkanayakanahalli taluk in Tumakuru, which will provide clean water for 1.86 lakh people from river Hemavathi at a cost of Rs 435 crore and Rs 115 crore respectively.