PM Narendra Modi to visit Arunachal Pradesh today amid high security

Mangalore Today News Network

Itanagar, Feb 20, 2015: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday visit Arunachal Pradesh to attend the 29th Statehood Day here at Indira Gandhi Park.

Unprecedented security arrangements have been made in Arunachal Pradesh capital in view of Modi’s visit.

During his visit, the PM will flag off two trains -- one connecting the state with the national capital and another with Guwahati in Assam.

Modi will also visit Jharkhand later in the day to inaugurate a new railway line, a government statement said.

"In Arunachal Pradesh, the Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation, the Harmuti-Naharlagun rail line, flag off the AC express between Naharlagun and New Delhi, and an inter-city express between Naharlagun and Guwahati," said the statement.

Modi will also inaugurate a water supply scheme for Itanagar, and lay the foundation stone for a 132 KV transmission line.

At a function in Hazaribagh in Jharkhand in the afternoon, he will inaugurate a new railway line from Hazaribagh to Kodarma, the statement said.

 

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