Bengaluru, June 20 (FN Agency) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated and laid foundation stones for several infrastructure projects costing Rs 33,000 plus crore in the city during his two-day visit to Karnataka. The PM inaugurated the Centre for Brain Research and laid the foundation stone for Bagchi Parthasarathy Multispeciality Hospital on IISc premises.”Glad to inaugurate the Centre for Brain Research at @iiscbangalore. The joy is greater because I also had the honour of laying the foundation stone for this project. This Centre will be at the forefront of research on how to manage brain related disorders,” Modi tweeted.” At a time when every nation must give topmost importance to healthcare, efforts like the Bagchi Parthasarathy Multispeciality Hospital assume great importance. In the times to come, it will strengthen healthcare capacities and encourage pioneering research in the sector,” he added. Modi also inaugurated the new campus of Bengaluru Ambedkar School of Economics (BASE) by unveiling the bronze statue of the architect of Indian Constitution Dr Ambedkar.
The PM also laid Modi foundation stone for multiple rail and road infrastructure projects worth over Rs 27,000 crore at Kommaghatta in Bengaluru. He also inaugurated Sir M Visvesvaraya Railway Station at Baiyappanahalli, which is India’s first air-conditioned railway station.Modi launched 100 percent electrification of the Konkan Railway line (about 740 km) from Roha (Maharashtra) to Thokur (Karnataka), which has been done at a cost of more than Rs 1,280 crore. He will also laid the foundation stone of Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP), which is expected to cost over Rs 15,700 crore, and the two sections of the Bengaluru Ring Road project. Earlier, Modi was received by Governor Thawarchand Gehlot and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at Yelahanka Air Force Base. Ex-CM BS Yediyurappa also welcomed him.
PM Modi would lay the foundation stone of the Coaching terminal at Naganahalli Railway Station at Maharaja’s College Ground in Mysuru. He would also inaugurate the ‘Centre of Excellence for persons with communication disorders’ at the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing. The Prime Minister will visit the Sri Suttur Math and then the Sri Chamundeshwari Temple in Mysuru.Next day in Mysuru, Modi will head to the Mass Yoga Demonstration at Mysore Palace Ground. The PM’s yoga programme would be part of the ‘Guardian Yoga Ring’ programme, a collaborative exercise between 79 countries and United Nations organisations to illustrate yoga’s unifying power that surpasses national boundaries. The theme for the 8th International Day of Yoga is ‘Yoga for Humanity’. It emphasises how yoga served humanity in alleviating the sufferings during COVID-19 times.The Prime Minister would also visit the exhibition at the Mysore Palace before leaving for Delhi.