Bengaluru, November 13, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bengaluru on Friday amid tight security, receiving a warm welcome from Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Governor Dr. Sudha Yadav and senior BJP leaders at HAL Airport.
Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, BJP state president B.Y. Vijayendra, Assembly Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka, Legislative Council Leader of Opposition Chalavadi Narayanaswamy and Union Minister of State Shobha Karandlaje were among those who greeted the Prime Minister.
The city was decked up with saffron and BJP flags along his route, while large numbers of party workers and supporters gathered to welcome him. Security was tightened across Bengaluru ahead of Modi’s participation in several programmes and the launch of major development projects.
From the airport, the Prime Minister is scheduled to attend the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Prashanti Kutiram, the residential headquarters of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA). He will lay the foundation stone for its Golden Jubilee Administrative Block and launch the institution’s off-campus centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
During his Karnataka visit, Modi is set to dedicate and launch projects worth more than Rs 15,600 crore, according to R. Ashoka.
Among the key projects is the Bengaluru Metro Pink Line, built at a cost of Rs 3,470 crore. Its inauguration will take the Namma Metro network beyond the 100-km mark for the first time.
Modi will also lay the foundation stone for a GAIL compressed bio-gas plant at Haralakunte in Bengaluru’s Kudlu area. The Rs 123.42-crore facility is designed to process 300 tonnes of wet waste daily, supply piped cooking gas to 25,000 households and produce organic manure.
In Mangaluru, he will inaugurate an underground LPG storage facility with a capacity of 80,000 metric tonnes, developed at a cost of Rs 854 crore. The project is expected to strengthen India’s energy security.
Another major inauguration will be COSMOS-Mysuru, a planetarium near Chamundi Hill developed at a cost of Rs 91 crore. The facility features a 4.2-crore-LED tilted dome and is expected to boost the city’s profile in science and astronomy.
The Prime Minister will also flag off the Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express, aimed at improving connectivity and supporting tourism and commercial activity across the coastal and Malnad regions.
Foundation stones will be laid for power transmission projects worth more than Rs 10,000 crore across Koppal, Gadag, Bidar, Davangere, Chitradurga and Ballari. Railway station redevelopment works at Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, Sakleshpur, Subrahmanya and other locations are also part of the programme.
Welcoming the visit, Ashoka said the projects would give fresh momentum to Karnataka’s development, particularly in transport infrastructure, energy security, waste management and scientific advancement.
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