Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited Dr. Hedgewar Smruti Mandir in Nagpur, Maharashtra, where he paid floral tributes at the memorials of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and second Sarsanghchalak M.S. Golwalkar. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat accompanied PM Modi during the visit, marking the first time a sitting Prime Minister has visited the RSS headquarters in Nagpur.
Earlier, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari received PM Modi at Nagpur airport. Following his visit to the Smruti Mandir, the Prime Minister will head to Deekshabhoomi, after which he will lay the foundation stone for Madhav Netralaya Premium Centre, an advanced eye care facility in Nagpur. PM Modi will also visit Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited’s ammunition facility, where he is scheduled to inaugurate a loitering munition testing range and an airstrip for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) at 12:30 p.m.
The Madhav Netralaya Premium Centre, an extension of the Madhav Netralaya Eye Institute and Research Centre, will feature 250 beds, 14 outpatient departments, and 14 modular operation theatres, offering world-class eye care services.
Later in the day, PM Modi will travel to Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, where he will lay the foundation stone and dedicate development projects worth over ₹33,700 crore across power, oil and gas, rail, road, education, and housing sectors. The key projects include NTPC’s Sipat Super Thermal Power Project Stage-III worth ₹9,790 crore, the Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company’s first Super Critical Thermal Power Project worth ₹15,800 crore, and three POWERGRID transmission projects worth ₹560 crore. To enhance energy infrastructure, he will also launch BPCL’s City Gas Distribution project and HPCL’s Visakh-Raipur Pipeline Project valued at ₹2,210 crore.
PM Modi will inaugurate multiple railway and road projects, including seven railway projects covering 108 km and three completed projects spanning 111 km. He will also flag off a MEMU train on the Abhanpur-Raipur section. In the education sector, he will dedicate 130 PM SHRI Schools and a Vidya Samiksha Kendra in Raipur. Additionally, he will hand over keys to beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin, reaffirming the government’s commitment to infrastructure development, energy expansion, and social welfare.
(IANS)
