Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived on his day-long visit to Jammu where he will participate in the celebration for the National Panchayati Raj Day and address ‘gram sabhas’ across the country and will also visit Palli Panchayat in Samba district.
A special plane carrying the prime minister landed at the technical area of Jammu airport.
He was received by top government officials and senior BJP leaders.
Modi will inaugurate the Banihal-Qazigund road tunnel, built at a cost of over Rs 3,100 crore. The 8.45-km-long tunnel will reduce the road distance between Banihal and Qazigund by 16 km, and reduce journey time by around one and a half hours.
He will also lay the foundation stone of three road packages of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, being built at a cost of over Rs 7,500 crore.
