PM Modi in Bengaluru on Nov 13, to launch Rs 15,600 Cr projects, flag Off Goa Vande Bharat

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka on November 13, where he will inaugurate, dedicate and lay the foundation stone for infrastructure, energy, transport and urban development projects worth more than Rs 15,600 crore across Bengaluru and Mysuru.

The PM will begin the day at Prashanti Kutiram, the headquarters of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), where he will participate in its golden jubilee celebrations. Modi will lay the foundation stone for the Golden Jubilee Administrative Block and launch the S-VYASA off-campus centre in Thiruvananthapuram.

Established in 1975, Prashanti Kutiram promotes the integration of modern science and India's spiritual traditions. The programme will also mark the birth centenary of H V Seshadri, the RSS leader and one of the key visionaries behind S-VYASA, a PMO release said.


In Bengaluru, the PM will flag off and travel on the newly completed metro stretch between Tavarekere and IIM Bangalore stations. The corridor is expected to improve connectivity, reduce travel time and strengthen public transport in the city.

Modi will then unveil development projects spanning renewable energy transmission, railways, petroleum infrastructure and clean energy.

Among the key projects are renewable energy transmission schemes in Koppal, Gadag and Bidar, built at a combined investment of over Rs 5,800 crore. The projects will help evacuate about 4.5 GW of renewable energy generated in the region.

The PM will also dedicate India's largest underground LPG storage cavern at Mangaluru, built at a cost of more than Rs 850 crore. With a capacity of 80,000 metric tonnes, the facility is expected to strengthen the country's LPG storage network. He will also dedicate MRPL's Devangonthi Marketing Terminal near Bengaluru, developed at an investment of Rs 330 crore.

Modi will lay the foundation stone for GAIL's compressed biogas plant at Haralakunte in Bengaluru. The facility will process around 300 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily and produce 12.6 tonnes of compressed biogas.

In the rail sector, the PM will inaugurate four redeveloped stations under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, Sakleshpur and Subrahmanya Road. He will also dedicate the 45-km Bagalkot-Wandal doubling section and the electrified Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road ghat section, completing electrification of the Bengaluru-Mangaluru rail corridor.

Modi will flag off the Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express, improving connectivity between Bengaluru, Coastal Karnataka and Goa.

Later in the day, the PM will travel to Mysuru to participate in a tree plantation programme under the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' initiative at Bharat Vann, an urban afforestation project spread across 17.63 acres with more than two lakh native trees.

He will also inaugurate the COSMOS-Mysuru Planetarium, developed by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. Touted as India's first LED dome planetarium, the facility features a 15-metre dome with over 4.2 crore LEDs and is designed as a centre for astronomy education, research outreach and public engagement.