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Modi to launch projects worth Rs 15,600 crore during Karnataka visit on Nov 13

Bengaluru, Nov 12 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka on November 13 to launch infrastructure and development projects worth over Rs 15,600 crore, including the inauguration of Bengaluru Metro's Pink Line, India's largest underground LPG storage cavern in Mangaluru and the flagging off of the Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express.
The Prime Minister will begin his engagements by participating in the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Prashanti Kutiram, the residential headquarters of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), at around 10.45 am.
He will lay the foundation stone for the institution's Golden Jubilee Administrative Block and launch its off-campus centre at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. He will also address the gathering.
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