PM Modi PM Modi to inaugurate Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway in poll-bound Karnataka
Bengaluru/IBNS: With the Karnataka Assembly elections two months away, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a roadshow in the JD(S)-Congress stronghold of the Mandya district of the state on Sunday.
The roadshow is seen as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s big push to retain power.
This will be the Prime Minister's sixth visit to the state in less than two months, which will go to the polls in May this year.
The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stones of projects worth around Rs. 16,000 crores in Mandya and Hubballi-Dharwad districts.
While in Mandya, at around 12 noon, the Prime Minister will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of key road projects.
At around 3:15 pm, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development initiatives in Hubbali-Dharwad.
Prime Minister Modi will then inaugurate the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, which is a six-lane project of the Bengaluru-Nidaghatta-Mysuru section of NH-275.
The 118 km long project has been developed at a total cost of around Rs. 8,480 crores and is expected to reduce the travel time between Bengaluru and Mysuru from around three hours to about 75 minutes.
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