Latest News: Prime Minister Modi on 1-Day visit to Lucknow

Lucknow, Oct. 05: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a one-day visit to Lucknow on Tuesday, 5 October, visited the ‘Azadi@75-New Urban India: Transforming Urban Landscape’ Expo at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in the city.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, UP Governor Anandiben Patel and UP CM Yogi Adityanath were also present with him at the location.

During his visit, PM Modi will announce development schemes for the people of the city.

According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, PM Modi will digitally hand over keys of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) houses to 75,000 beneficiaries in 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh and will also interact with them virtually.

PM Modi To Inaugurate Azadi@75 Conference And Expo In Lucknow Tomorrow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate “Azadi@75 — New Urban India: Transforming Urban Landscape” conference-cum-expo on Tuesday in Lucknow and also launch many development projects.
The Prime Minister’s Office said PM Modi will digitally hand over keys of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) houses to 75,000 beneficiaries in 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh and will also interact with them virtually.

He will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 75 urban development projects of the state under Smart Cities Mission and AMRUT; flag off 75 buses under FAME-II for seven cities — Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, Jhansi and Ghaziabad — and release a coffee table book encompassing 75 projects implemented under various flagship missions of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

PM Modi will also walk through the three exhibitions being set up in the expo, the PMO said, adding that he will also announce the setting up of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Chair in Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow.

The PMO noted that the conference-cum-expo is being organised by the ministry between October 5-7 as part of “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”. It is themed on transforming the urban landscape with a specific focus on the transformative changes brought about in Uttar Pradesh.

All states and Union Territories will participate in the event, which will help in experience sharing, commitment and direction for further action, it said.

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