Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to embark on a two-day tour of four states on Friday, July 7 and Saturday, July 8. He will visit Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh to take part in over a dozen programmes and inaugurate about 50 projects worth Rs 50,000 crore.

The prime minister will visit five cities, namely Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Raipur, Warangal and Bikaner, during his two-day tour.

Here is a look at PM Modi’s schedule and what he'll do in each city:

Friday, July 7

PM Modi will first travel from Delhi to Raipur, Chhattisgarh, where he will lay the foundation stone of the six-lane section of the Raipur-Visakhapatnam corridor. He will then attend a public meeting.

Thereafter, PM Modi will head to Uttar Pradesh where he will attend a programme at the Gita Press, a renowned publisher of religious books.

PM Modi will then attend a programme to flag off three new Vande Bharat trains, including the Gorakhpur-Lucknow Vande Bharat Express. He will also lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment project of the Gorakhpur Railway Station.

The prime minister will then travel from Gorakhpur to his constituency, Varanasi. There he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of multiple key projects. He will also dedicate the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction to Son Nagar's new line of the Dedicated Freight Corridor. He will then dedicate the four-lane widening of NH 56 (Varanasi-Jaunpur).

Further, the foundation stone for the renovation of Manikarnika Ghat and Harishchandra Ghat in Varanasi will be laid by PM Modi.

Saturday, July 8

From Varanasi, PM Modi will head to Warangal in Telangana where he will lay the foundation stone of several projects, including key sections of the Nagpur-Vijayawada Corridor and the four-laning of the Karimnagar-Warangal section of NH563.

He will then address a public meeting.

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After Warangal, PM Modi will visit Bikaner, Rajasthan, to lay the foundation stone and dedicate several projects, including various sections of the Amritsar-Jamnagar Expressway.

The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment project of Bikaner railway station, and dedicate the Inter-State Transmission Line for Green Energy Corridor Phase-I, and later attend a public meeting in Bikaner.

PM Modi’s packed four-state visit holds great importance as elections are slated to be held in Telangana, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh later this year.

(Edited by : Sudarsanan Mani)

First Published:Jul 5, 2023 12:49 PM IST