Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate or lay the foundation stones for development projects worth over ₹15,600 crore in Bengaluru during a two-day visit to Karnataka and Gujarat on November 13 and 14, 2026. The projects span urban mobility, renewable energy, power transmission, petroleum, waste management and railways, and form the centrepiece of the Karnataka leg of the tour.
The programme begins on the morning of November 13 with the Prashanti Kutiram Golden Jubilee event in Bengaluru. At the event, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for the Golden Jubilee Administrative Block and will also lay the foundation stone for an off-campus facility of S-VYASA in Thiruvananthapuram. The celebrations under the Prashanti Kutiram banner run from November 13 to 23 under the theme «Viksit Bharat 2047».
The largest urban component is the Bengaluru Metro Pink Line, which the Prime Minister will flag off. He is expected to ride the train from Tavarekere to IIM Bangalore. The Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere stretch of the line has been built at a cost of about ₹3,470 crore.
In the power sector, the Koppal-II and Gadag-II renewable transmission scheme, costing about ₹4,450 crore, is designed to evacuate around 2 GW of renewable energy potential from the Koppal and Gadag region. A separate transmission scheme for the Bidar solar zone, costing ₹1,370 crore, will evacuate about 2.5 GW. Foundation stones for two further transmission schemes covering Davanagere, Chitradurga and Ballari are also part of the programme.
The petroleum and energy infrastructure announcements include the Mangaluru underground LPG cavern, described as the largest of its kind in India, at a cost of over ₹850 crore. The cavern has a storage capacity of 80,000 tonnes and is linked by a 9.4 km pipeline to New Mangalore Port. The MRPL Devangonthi marketing terminal in Bengaluru, built at ₹330 crore, will also be dedicated. In addition, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for a GAIL compressed biogas plant at Haralakunte in Bengaluru. The plant is designed to process about 300 tonnes of waste daily and produce 12.6 tonnes of compressed biogas.
On the railways, four Amrit Bharat stations will be inaugurated in Karnataka. The Bagalkot-Wandal 45 km doubling section, part of the Gadag-Hotgi project, will be opened, and the 55 km electrification of the Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road section completes electrification of the Bengaluru-Mangaluru line. A new Vande Bharat Express linking Bengaluru, Mangaluru and Madgaon will also be flagged off.
The Karnataka programme also includes the inauguration of the COSMOS-Mysuru LED dome planetarium at about 3:30 pm on November 13. The facility was built by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and features a 15-metre dome using 4.2 crore LEDs.
On November 14, the Prime Minister will travel to Gujarat, where he is scheduled to offer prayers at the Ambaji Temple in Banaskantha district. Timings for the various Karnataka events have been indicated only as approximate estimates and may change.
Source: impressivetimes.com
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