PM Modi to visit Maharashtra and Goa to launch several development projects

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Maharashtra and Goa today. Mr Modi will reach Shirdi in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra this afternoon where he will perform pooja and darshan at Shri Saibaba Samadhi Temple. He will also inaugurate the new Darshan Queue Complex at the temple. The new Darshan Queue complex at Shirdi is a state-of-the-art modern mega building envisaged to provide comfortable waiting areas for the devotees. 

It is equipped with several waiting halls with a cumulative seating capacity of more than ten thousand devotees. It has provision of air-conditioned public amenities like cloak rooms, toilets, booking counters, prasad counters, information centre etc. The foundation stone of this new Darshan Queue Complex was laid by the Prime Minister in October 2018.

The Prime Minister will perform the Jal Pujan of Nilwande Dam and dedicate a canal network of the dam to the nation. He will attend a public programme in



Shirdi, where he will inaugurate, dedicate to nation and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth about 7500 crore rupees in sectors like health, rail, road and oil and gas. 

During the public programme, Prime Minister will launch the ‘Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana’.  It will benefit more than 86 lakh beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in Maharashtra, by providing an additional amount of six thousand rupees per year to them.

In the evening, the Prime Minister will reach Goa, where he will inaugurate the 37th National Games in Margao. He will also address athletes taking part in the Games. The National Games are being held in Goa for the first time. The Games will be held from 26th October to 9th November. More than 10 thousand athletes from across the country will compete in over 43 sports disciplines across 28 venues.