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PM Modi To Visit Kedarnath Again On Nov 5

Prime Minister Narendra Modi besides offering praꦍyers at t❀he holy site will also inaugurate the Kedarpuri projects.

PM Modi To Visit Kedarnath Again On Nov 5
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Prဣime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kedarnath on November 5 to ina♏ugurate Rs 250 crore Kedarpuri reconstruction projects.

Modi will a♈lso offer prayers at the holy place. This will be the second visit of Modi to the state within a month.

Earlier, Modi hꦰad visited the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rishikesh on October 7 to inaugurate an oxygen plant there.

Confirming Modi's visit to Kedarnath next month, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhamಌi said apart from offering prayers at the Himalayan temple, the prime minister is likely to inaugurate Kedarpuri reconstruction projects worth Rs 250 crore, including the rebuilt Samadಞhi of Adi Guru Shankaracharya.

The prime minister is also likely to lay foundat😼ion stones of second phase of Kedarpuri reconstruction projects worth Rs 150 crore,𒀰 Dhami said.

Modi has visited Kedarnath several t🐬imes since becoming prime minister in 2014. He could not come to Kedarnath last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the pandemic situation relatively under control now there was sp♑eculation about his visit to the tem💟ple.

The prime🦩 minister has been closely monitoring Kedarpuri reconstruction projects.

The portals of Kedarna🐟th are❀ scheduled to be closed for winter on November 6 on the occasion of Bhaiyya Dooj. (With PTI inputs)