Bhubaneswar: The schedule of the one-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Odisha has been announced.
According to the schedule, Prime Minister will arrive at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar at 1.05 pm on December 24. From there, he will leave for new campus of IIT-Bhubaneswar at Aragul by road at 1.40 pm. He will then lay the foundation stones of several projects and dedicate other projects through video conferencing between 1.40 pm and 2.20 pm.
The Prime Minister will reach NISER (National Institute of Science Education and Research) stadium at 2.30 pm and address a public meeting. He will leave the stadium at 3.15 pm and arrive at the Biju Patnaik International Airport and leave for New Delhi at 4 pm.
The Prime Minister will dedicate the following projects via video conferencing at IIT-Bhubaneswar:
— Dedicate a postage stamp and a commemorative coin of Rs 200 featuring the historic Paika Rebellion (1817) against British rule on the occasion of its bicentenary celebration.
— Inaugurate the Chair at Utkal University in memory of the Paika Rebellion.
— Dedicate the new campus of IIT-Bhubaneswar at Aragul built at a cost of Rs 1660 crore
— Lay the foundation stone of a permanent campus of Indian Institute of Science and Education Research (IISER) in Berhampur.
— Lay the foundation stone of a gas pipeline from Paradip to Hyderabad at a projected cost of Rs 3800 crore and another pipeline from Angul to Bokaro in Jharkhand at a projected cost of Rs 3437 crore under Urja Ganja Yojana.
–Inaugurate the new 50-bedded ward of the ESI Hospital in Bhubaneswar.
