PM Modi to visit Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh today; to flag off Vande Bharat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit today to Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. He will dedicate numerous projects to Raipur in Chhattisgarh and lay the cornerstone for several of them. He will subsequently proceed to Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, where he would take part in the centennial celebrations of Gita Press Gorakhpur’s closing ceremony.

Vande Bharat trains will be flagged off at the railway station in Gorakhpur after the event. PM Modi will depart from Gorakhpur and travel to Varanasi, where he will inaugurate and lay the cornerstone for numerous projects.

Earlier, on Thursday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inspected the venues of programmes and reviewed the preparations ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s scheduled visit on Friday. CM Adityanath inspected Gita Press and the Gorakhpur railway station where Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to participate in various functions.

After inspecting the Gita Press, the chief minister reached the Gorakhpur railway station by the same route through which Prime Minister Modi will arrive. The CM went to platform No.1 at the station and took detailed information about the preparations made so far from the officials of the railway and administration there.

Earlier, a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office said that he will undertake a visit to four states, including Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, and Rajasthan, from July 7 to 8, during which he will lay the foundation and dedicate multiple projects worth Rs 50,000 crores to the people.