Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu in the first week of March for attending the groundbreaking ceremony of the launch of industrial investments in Jammu and Kashmir. As confirmed by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha exclusively News Channel, PM Modi has agreed after receiving an invite from the Lieutenant-Governor himself to preside over the launch ceremony. Earlier on Saturday, J&K LG Manoj Sinha while laying the foundation stone for the Tawi Riverfront development project in Jammu spoke to the people and said that he has invited PM Modi for attending the function and is confident about his arrival. During this while, expressing his confidence about the PM’s arrival in Jammu, he said that about Rs 50,000 crore worth proposals of investments have been received by the Industries Department in Jammu and Kashmir while land for investments in proposals to the tune of Rs 20,000 to 25,000 crore will be given out shortly by the end of February or the beginning of March. Following this, Sinha also informed that works amounting to Rs 7,500 crore are currently underway to strengthen the power infrastructure in J&K.Further heaping praises on PM Modi, he said that Jammu is on the path of speedy development under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi while several big projects have been initiated over here including IIMs, IITs, AIIMS, and several Central Universities.
