Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for projects worth Rs 58,000 crore in Andhra Pradesh on Friday, which includes resuming the construction of greenfield capital city Amaravati.
According to the official schedule shared by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s office, PM Modi is expected to land at Gannavaram Airport (Vijayawada Airport) at 2:55 pm and travel by helicopter to Velagapudi secretariat helipad. “He will be received by Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan.
By 3:30 pm, the Prime Minister will arrive at the public meeting venue and participate in the foundation-laying and inaugural events,” said a press release from the CM’s office.
The programme is scheduled to last an hour and 15 minutes, following which PM Modi will return to Gannavaram and depart for New Delhi. The southern state has made elaborate arrangements for the Amaravati ReSTART (Amaravati construction relaunch) event, which is expected to be attended by thousands of people.