Pune : Jul 30 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Pune on 1 August to inaugurate various developmental projects in the city.
The Prime Minister will visit famous Dagdusheth temple in the morning and perform ‘pooja’ of the deity.
The same day, in afternoon, he will be conferred Lokmanya Tilak National Award. The award is given to people who have worked for the progress and development of nation and whose contribution can only be looked upon as remarkable and extraordinary.
Then, the Prime Minister will flag off Metro trains marking inauguration of services on completed sections of the two corridors of Pune Metro Phase-I. These sections are from Phugewadi station to Civil Court station and Garware College station to Ruby Hall Clinic station.
The inauguration is an important step towards realising the vision of the Prime Minister to provide the citizens with modern and environment-friendly mass rapid urban transport systems across the country, said press release issued by PIB here on Sunday.
After this, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the waste to energy plant under Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC). Developed at a cost of about Rs 300 crore, it will use up about 2.5 lakh MT of waste annually to produce electricity.
Later, Modi will handover more than 1,280 houses constructed under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana by PCMC. He will also handover more than 2,650 PMAY houses constructed by Pune Municipal Corporation.
Further, he will also lay the foundation stone of around 1,190 PMAY houses to be constructed by PCMC, and of over 6,400 houses constructed by Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority.
