Days after inaugurating the Purvanchal Expressway, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his three-day Uttar Pradesh visit on Friday with the inauguration and launch of infrastructure projects worth more than Rs 6,000 crore in the Bundelkhand region. He will then head to Lucknow to attend a two-day conference of senior police officials.
On Friday, the prime minister will first visit the district of Mahoba to inaugurate various irrigation and water projects worth Rs 3,250 crore, including the Arjun Sahayak Irrigation Project, the Ratauli Weir Project, the Bhaoni Dam Project and the Majhgaon-Chilli Sprinkler Project. The development works aim to facilitate the irrigation of around 65,000 hectares of land in Mahoba and its neighbouring districts such as Hamirpur, Banda and Lalitpur.