PM Modi defers Bengaluru visit but residents happy with road repairs

After spending Rs 1.5 crore to repair a 1.8-km stretch in Nagarabhavi at lightning speed to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) was in for a huge disappointment as the PM’s scheduled visit was deferred indefinitely.

Modi was scheduled to visit the city for the inauguration of the Bengaluru Ambedkar School of Economics (BASE) on Monday.

However, regardless of the PM’s visit being put off, local residents are happy that their request for better roads, spanning several years, has finally been addressed.

Sources in the Higher Education Department and BASE told DH that they do not know why the visit was deferred indefinitely. “We received a communication from the Central government that visit has been deferred,” an official said.