PM Modi attends Hazarika birth centenary event in Assam after Manipur visit
PM Modi lays foundation of development projects worth Rs 7,300 crore in Manipur on his first visit to the state since ethnic violence broke out in May 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his first visit to Manipur in more than two years since deadly ethnic violence broke out in May 2023, laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth Rs 7,300 crore at Churachandpur on Saturday (September 13).
He also interacted with internally displaced people in Churachandpur and is scheduled to do so in Imphal as well. He is also supposed to inaugurate various projects worth over Rs 1,200 crore at Imphal and address a public function.
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In view of Modi's visit, security has been tightened in Imphal and Churachandpur district headquarters town.
Both state and central forces' personnel were deployed in large numbers in and around the nearly 237-acre Kangla Fort in Imphal and the Peace Ground in Churachandpur, the venues of the PM's rallies.
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Earlier, Modi inaugurated Mizoram's first railway line and flagged off the state's maiden Rajdhani Express connecting Aizawl with Delhi. The Rs 8,070-crore Bairabi-Sairang railway line, considered one of the most challenging in Indian Railways' history, was sanctioned in 2008-09 and construction began in 2015.
Modi will thereafter visit Assam and participate in the celebrations of the 100th birth anniversary of Dr Bhupen Hazarika in Guwahati. He will also address the gathering on the occasion.
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- 13 Sept 2025 10:09 AM IST
Modi arrives in Aizawl; to launch key development projects
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Aizawl on Saturday (September 13) to inaugurate the Rs 8,070-crore Bairabi-Sairang railway line, which will link landlocked Mizoram with the rest of the country.
The PM landed at Lengpui Airport at 9.10 am. He will launch the railway line and other projects from the airport itself, an official said.
Though he was scheduled to go to Lammual Ground in Aizawl on a helicopter to address a public meeting, he would not be able to go there due to inclement weather.
He will address a public meeting virtually. Besides inaugurating the new railway line, Modi will also flag off the first Rajdhani Express between Aizawl and Delhi, and two others trains between Sairang and Guwahati and Kolkata, he said.
Modi will also lay the foundation stones for other initiatives, including the 45-km Aizawl Bypass road, 30 TMTPA gas bottling plant and several road projects across the state.
