Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a visit to Odisha on Monday to unveil a slew of projects and lay foundation stones of proposed projects at the IIT campus on the outskirts here.
According to the schedule, the PM would depart from Delhi at 11.05 am and arrive at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here at 1.05 pm.
He would then go by road and reach IIT campus at Aragul at 1.40 pm. The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate variousprojects, together worth Rs 14,532 crore, between 1.40 pm and 2.20pm.
From there, he would depart for NISER (National Institute of Science Education and Research) stadium, Khurda by road and reach the venue at 2.30 pm. He will address a public meeting between 2.30pm and 3.15pm.
He will leave the stadium at 3.20 pm and arrive at the Biju Patnaik International Airport to leave for New Delhi.
Speaking about the PM’s visit, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, “People of Odisha have already made up their mind for a change as the BJD Government has failed to provide employment to youths, security to women and irrigation to farmers. The BJP will certainly form a Government in 2019. The Prime Minister is coming to seek blessings of Odisha people from the foothill of historic Barunei where Paikas had first fought for Odia people’s rights 200 years back.”