PM to launch projects worth Rs 9.5k crore in Siwan on June 20
This will be PM Modi's fourth visit to Bihar this year. Assembly election is scheduled in the state in Oct-Nov.
The administration is on high alert. District magistrate Aditya Prakash said special arrangements are being made keeping in mind the monsoon and rain conditions to avoid any problem from parking to the meeting place. Parking lots have been marked at 20 places around the village. Arrangements for drinking water, shed, road, electricity, cleanliness etc.
are being improved, he said.
An official of the UDHD said on Sunday that 4-5 submersible tube wells were being installed around the venue in view of the summer heat.
Chief secretary Amrit Lal Meena has reviewed the preparations and assigned several tasks to the DMs of Siwan and Gopalganj and Saran districts.
BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal said that Modi is coming to Bihar for the 52nd time in 11 years of his tenure as PM.
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He will address lakhs of people from Siwan, Saran and Gopalganj and other districts at Jasoli village under Pachrukhi block in Siwan. "PM's Siwan visit will be historic as the rally to be held there will break the record of all the previous rallies," he claimed.
This will be PM Modi's fourth visit to Bihar this year. Earlier, he addressed a rally at Bikramganj in Rohtas district on May 30 after a public meeting in Madhubani on April 24 where he launched development works worth over Rs13,480 crore. It was in Madhubani where PM Modi referred to the Pahalgam terror attack and said, "The terrorists responsible for this attack, along with those who conspired it, will face punishment beyond their imagination".
PM Modi also addressed a public meeting in Bhagalpur after releasing the 19th instalment of Kisan Samman Nidhi in February this year.
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