All set for PM’s visit today

The stage is set for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first visit to Telangana on Sunday.

The Prime Minister will reach Begumpet Airport at 2.20 pm. He will then fly to Gajwel town by helicopter to attend the programme organised by State Government, where he will unveil a pylon at Komatibanda village to launch Mission Bhagiratha, the flagship scheme of the State Government aimed at providing piped drinking water to every household in Telangana State.

Modi will inaugurate the 1,600 MW National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) power plant and FCIL fertilizer plant, both in Ramagundam of Karimnagar district. He will then inaugurate Kaloji Narayanrao University of Health Sciences in Warangal. He will also lay the foundation stone for Kothapally-Manoharabad railway line.

The Prime Minister will also address a public meeting in Medak, for which elaborate arrangements have been made.

Modi will fly back to Hyderabad at 4.30 PM and address a meeting of BJP workers at the LB Stadium before returning to New Delhi.

Over 3,000 security personnel have been deployed at Gajwel and at LB Stadium, where Modi would be addressing public meetings. A three-tier security would be in force for the visit of the Prime Minister, officials said. (INN)