Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Palli village in Jammu & Kashmir’s Samba district on Sunday, his first formal public event in the state over two years after Article 370 was abrogated in August 2019.
The PM will address a gathering of more than 30,000 Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) members of Jammu and Kashmir, marking the significance of grassroots democracy. PRIs from across the country will join the event virtually.
Top business leaders from the UAE will accompany the PM, highlighting the backing of industrialists and investors from a leading Islamic block as the BJP government plans a new era of development in the region.
The PM will also lay the foundation stones of development projects worth over ₹20,000 crore and inaugurate the all-weather Banihal-Qazigund road tunnel.
In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said, “Since the introduction of constitutional reforms with regards to J&K in August 2019, the government has been focused on bringing about wide-ranging reforms to substantially improve governance and enhance ease of living for the people of the region at an unprecedented pace… The projects being inaugurated and whose foundation stone is being laid in this visit will go a long way in facilitating provision of basic amenities, ensuring ease of mobility and development of infrastructure in the region.”
