PM Modi to Launch ₹15,600 Crore Projects in Bengaluru
PM Modi visits Karnataka and Gujarat on November 13-14, launching projects worth over ₹15,600 crore in Bengaluru, including the Metro Pink Line, renewable energy infrastructure and railway upgrades.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka and Gujarat on November 13 and 14, 2026, to inaugurate and launch development projects worth more than ₹15,600 crore in Bengaluru. The projects cover urban mobility, renewable energy, power transmission, petroleum infrastructure, waste management and railway connectivity. The visit also includes programmes in Mysuru and a visit to the Ambaji temple in Gujarat.
On November 13, the Prime Minister will begin his Karnataka engagements by participating in the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Prashanti Kutiram, the residential headquarters of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), in Bengaluru. He will lay the foundation stone for the institution’s Golden Jubilee Administrative Block and launch its off-campus centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The celebrations, scheduled from November 13 to 23, mark 50 years of the institution, which was established in 1975 to integrate modern science with India’s traditional knowledge of yoga.
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At around 12:45 pm, Modi will flag off the Bengaluru Metro Pink Line and undertake a ride from Tavarekere to IIM Bangalore metro station. The stretch from Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere has been developed at an estimated cost of ₹3,470 crore. The expansion is expected to strengthen urban connectivity and improve public transport access in the city.
The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the renewable energy transmission scheme at Koppal-II and Gadag-II, developed with an investment of approximately ₹4,450 crore. The infrastructure will facilitate the evacuation of around 2 GW of renewable energy from the regions. Another transmission scheme in Bidar, involving an investment of ₹1,370 crore, will support the evacuation of 2.5 GW of solar power.
In petroleum infrastructure, Modi will dedicate India's largest underground LPG storage cavern in Mangaluru, built at a cost of more than ₹850 crore, with a capacity of 80,000 metric tonnes. He will also dedicate MRPL's Devangonthi Marketing Terminal in Bengaluru, developed with an investment of ₹330 crore. Additionally, he will lay the foundation stone for GAIL's compressed biogas plant at Haralakunte, which will process approximately 300 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily to produce 12.6 tonnes of compressed biogas.
Railway initiatives include the inauguration of four redeveloped stations under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, Sakleshpur and Subrahmanya Road. Modi will also dedicate the 45-km Bagalkot-Wandal railway doubling section and the electrification of the 55-km Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road Ghat section. He will flag off the Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express, improving connectivity between Bengaluru, coastal Karnataka and Goa.
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In Mysuru, Modi will participate in a tree plantation programme at Bharat Vann and inaugurate COSMOS-Mysuru Planetarium, India's first LED dome planetarium. On November 14, he will visit the Ambaji temple in Gujarat's Banaskantha district for darshan and pooja.
