By Firstdespatch Desk Dec 14, 2022
Agartala, Dec 14 (FD) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Tripura on December 18 to address a public rally here and inaugurate many development projects even as the elections for the sixty-member assembly is due early next year.
Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha in a social media post said, the state administration has taken an all-out initiative to make the trip of the Prime Minister a grand success and decorate and clean the capital city.
He is also expected to inaugurate the Science City project located on the outskirts of Agartala city.
During the scheduled one-day visit to the northeastern state, the PM will also hold a meeting with Chief Minister Manik Saha and state cabinet ministers along with BJP MLAs.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive here on December 18 to address a rally at Vivekananda ground and likely to interact with beneficiaries of various programmes, such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Garib Kalayan Anna Yojana, PM-Kishan and Jal Jeevan Mission, during the event,” Tripura Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Sushanta Chowdhury told reporters here.
Over 3 lakh residences were sanctioned under the PMAY in the northeastern state, while 4.10 lakh of the 7.42 lakh households were covered with piped water and 2.40 lakh farmers are receiving financial assistance of Rs 2,000 each in three installments, the minister said.
Accompanied by CM Manik Saha, the PM will land at Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Airport here on Sunday afternoon, from Meghalaya’s Shillong, he said.
Modi will be in Meghalaya on Sunday to attend the golden jubilee celebrations of the North Eastern Council.
The CM and senior state government officials inspected the airport here on Wednesday to check security arrangements ahead of the PM visit.
“A special cabinet meeting was held on Tuesday and the council of ministers discussed various aspects to make the PM visit a historic event, Chowdhury said. FD JK