{"id":309899,"date":"2019-03-01T04:44:49","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T04:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=309899"},"modified":"2019-03-01T04:44:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T04:44:49","slug":"pm-modi-to-visit-kanyakumari-in-tamil-nadu-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-to-visit-kanyakumari-in-tamil-nadu-today\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi to visit Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-299861 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Narendra-Modi-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/Narendra-Modi-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/Narendra-Modi-324x235.jpg 324w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/Narendra-Modi-581x420.jpg 581w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/Narendra-Modi.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on March 1 and will unveil a series of development projects for Kanyakumari and Tamil Nadu. These projects will play a vital role in enhancing rail and road connectivity throughout Tamil Nadu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><u>Railways\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Modi will launch various railways projects at Kanyakumari. These include-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Flagging-off of Tejas Express between Madurai and Chennai\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Laying of Foundation stone for the Restoration of Rail connectivity between Rameshwaram and Dhanushkodi<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Laying of foundation stone for the Restoration of Pamban Bridge (Bridge across Pamban viaduct)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><u>Road Transport\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi will also launch various road transport projects at Kanyakumari, through the unveiling of a plaque.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Dedication to the Nation of:2\/4 Laning of Madurai- Ramanathapuram Section of NH-87\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The section covers three districts in Tamil Nadu namely Madurai, Sivanganga and Ramanathapuram\u00a0Flyovers at Marthandam junction and Parvathipuram junction of NH-47 in Kanyakumari district\u00a0Four Laning of Panagudi to Kanyakumari section of NH-44\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Laying of Foundation Stone of:\u00a0Four Laning of Madurai \u2013 Chettikulam Section of NH-785<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Four Laning of Chettikulam-Natham Section\u00a0of NH-785 Launch of Road Safety Park and Transport Museum in Kanyakumari<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">These road infrastructure projects will strengthen the road connectivity in various regions in Tamil Nadu. It will ensure a safe and fast journey for travellers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi will also address the gathering at Kanyakumari.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on March 1 and will unveil a series of development projects for Kanyakumari and Tamil Nadu. These projects will play a vital role in enhancing rail and road connectivity throughout Tamil Nadu.\u00a0 Railways\u00a0 Prime Minister Modi will launch various railways projects at Kanyakumari. These include- [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":299861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2072,2014,2534],"tags":[1903,316,644],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309900,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309899\/revisions\/309900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/299861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}