Modi is scheduled to inaugurate a power grid and transmission circuit, a gas pipeline project and reinvigorate the NTPC plant in Jharkhand
PM Modi arrived in Ranchi around at around 11: 30 a.m. From here he directly left for Prabhat Tara ground by helicopter at 11.40 a.m.
He will inaugurate online the 765/400 KV power grid and transmission circuit constructed by the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited.
He will also inaugurate a gas pipeline project of IOCL and reinvigorate the NTPC plant at North Karanpura in Tandwa that was pending for the past 16 years.
The transmission line constructed at a cost of Rs.700 crore will connect the state with other transmission lines of the country.
Two union ministers Piyush Goyal (Minister of State for Power) and Dharmendra Pradhan (Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas) will be present on the occasion.
Mr Goyal arrived in Ranchi Wednesday and reviewed the inauguration programme with Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
Jharkhand Governor Syed Ahmad and the chief minister will also attend the function.
This will be PM Modi's first visit to Jharkhand after the Lok Sabha election.
PM Modi will return to New Delhi at about 1.30 p.m the same day.
Meanwhile, the JMM today alleged that the BJP was turning the power project to be inaugurated here by Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a party programme despite it being a government programme and a “gift” from the previous UPA regime.
In a letter to the Prime Minister and a copy to the Election Commission among others, JMM general secretary Suprio Bhattacharya said, “It appears you are not coming as the Prime Minister for the programme, but as a representative of a special political party.”
Modi will dedicate the 765 KV-Dharmjaygarh-Sipat Transmission Line (POWERGRID) to the nation tomorrow.
Alleging that a government-sponsored programme was being reflected as a BJP event, Bhattacharya said the project was a gift from the previous government as also Modi's recent ventures like Kashmir Rail Project and National Highways.
“BJP has made the power project its own with party banners, flags, hoardings carrying your photo and using campaign vehicles,” Bhattacharya added in his letter to the Prime Minister.
