PM Modi to go on 3-day tour to 5 states, including Manipur, from Saturday
During the visit, PM Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of development projects worth over ₹71,000 crore across sectors
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-day tour from Saturday, covering five states including Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, West Bengal, and Bihar, and inaugurating projects worth ₹71,000 crore in a major push for ease-of-living in India’s eastern and northeastern regions.
In focus will be the PM’s visit to Manipur on Saturday, his first since violence broke out in the state in May 2023. He is set to inaugurate projects worth ₹8,500 crore in the state.
“I will be attending programmes in Churachandpur and Imphal tomorrow, 13th September. We are fully committed to furthering inclusive and all-round development of Manipur. The foundation stone for road projects, national highway projects, women hostels and more would be laid. The projects being inaugurated include the civil secretariat at Mantripukhri, the IT SEZ Building and the new police headquarters at Mantripukhri, a unique all-women’s market in various districts,” Modi posted on X.
The tour will begin from Mizoram, where at around 10 am in Aizawl, Modi will launch projects worth more than ₹9,000 crore including the inauguration of the Bairabi–Sairang New Rail Line, built at a cost of over ₹8,070 crore, which connects Mizoram’s capital to the Indian Railways network for the first time, Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement on Friday. He will also flag off three new trains in Mizoram — the Sairang–Delhi Rajdhani Express, Sairang–Guwahati Express, and Sairang–Kolkata Express. He will also inaugurate projects related to roads, energy, sports, and education, including the Aizawl Bypass Road, an LPG bottling plant at Mualkhang, a Khelo India Multipurpose Indoor Hall Tuikual, and new residential schools in Mamit and Tlangnuam. He will also address a public gathering in Aizawl.
In his first visit to Manipur since massive ethnic violence broke out in the northeastern state two years ago, PM Modi on Saturday will lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over ₹7,300 crore at Churachandpur, in line with his “commitment to inclusive, sustainable and holistic development of Manipur.” The projects include urban roads, highways, and the Manipur infotech development project, the new civil secretariat in Imphal among others.
Manipur officials said PM Modi will hold events in both Kuki- and Meitei-majority areas and interact with internally displaced people. More than 260 people have been killed and thousands displaced in the ethnic conflict since May 2023. The state has been under President’s rule since February after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by N Biren Singh, who belongs to the Meitei community, quit.
On Sunday, Modi will attend the centenary celebrations of Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika in Assam’s Guwahati. On Monday, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth over ₹18,530 crore across Assam. Key projects include the Darrang Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati Ring Road, Kuruwa–Narengi Bridge over the Brahmaputra, the Assam Bioethanol Plant at Numaligarh Refinery, and a new Polypropylene Plant to boost the petrochemical sector and create jobs.
In West Bengal, Modi will inaugurate and address the 16th Combined Commanders’ Conference in Kolkata on Monday. The biennial meet, held from September 15–17, is the apex forum of the Armed Forces for strategic discussions. This year’s theme is “Year of Reforms – Transforming for the Future.”
Modi will launch the National Makhana board in poll-bound Bihar on Monday. The board, announced in the Union Budget 2025, will promote production and new technology development, strengthen post-harvest management, promote value addition and processing and facilitate market, export and brand development in Makhana, thereby benefiting the Makhana farmers of Bihar and the country.
“The establishment of the Makhana board in Bihar will give a major boost to the Makhana production in the state and the country and strengthen the presence of Bihar on the global map in this sector,” PMO said.
Modi will visit Purnea to launch projects worth ₹36,000 crore, including Bihar’s largest private investment — a ₹25,000-crore thermal power plant at Pirpainti, Other projects include the Kosi–Mechi River Link Project, major railway projects with new train services, and the region’s first sex-sorted semen facility. He will also participate in Griha Pravesh ceremonies for over 40,000 PMAY beneficiaries and distribute ₹500 crore to women’s self-help groups under DAY-NRLM.
Bihar is set to go to the polls later this year and the National Democratic Alliance will look to hold off the Opposition’s grand alliance. Modi last visited the state on August 22 and launched multiple projects worth ₹13,000 crore. In July, he went to Motihari in Bihar and inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth ₹7,200 crore.
