Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a roadshow in Mysuru on Friday before inaugurating the Cosmology Education and Research Training Centre, or COSMOS, and virtually opening four redeveloped railway stations and a 55-km electrified railway section in Karnataka.
The roadshow will begin at the Lalithamahal Palace Gate and proceed to Chamundi Hill Gate through Kurubarahalli Circle, according to Mysuru MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar. He has appealed to residents to participate in large numbers.
Modi will inaugurate the COSMOS centre and visit a mini exhibition featuring models, including satellites. He will also attend a presentation on the facility before addressing a public event expected to be attended by between 3,000 and 4,000 students, Yaduveer said.
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to attend the programme. Sitharaman arrived in Mysuru on Thursday afternoon and reviewed preparations at the centre before visiting the Melukote temple in Mandya district.
The programme also includes the inauguration of Bharat Vana, a Miyawaki mini forest in KC Layout. Sitharaman and Karnataka district minister Yathindra Siddaramaiah are expected to inaugurate the urban green space.
From Bengaluru, Modi will virtually inaugurate four railway stations redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. The stations are located at Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, Sakleshpur and Subrahmanya Road. The redevelopment programme is intended to improve passenger amenities and enable the stations to function as city centres supporting local commercial activity and tourism.
The virtual programme will also mark the dedication of the electrification of the 55-km Sakleshpur–Subrahmanya Road Ghat railway section. The route passes through challenging terrain and forms part of the Bengaluru–Mangaluru rail connection.
With the completion of this section, the Bengaluru–Mangaluru rail route has been fully electrified, according to the report. The project links a difficult ghat section with the wider railway electrification network and is being presented alongside the station redevelopment works as part of the Prime Minister’s programme.
The railway component covers stations across four districts and combines passenger-facing improvements with a network-level electrification milestone. The station works are expected to affect how passengers access amenities and how railway premises connect with surrounding commercial and tourism activity, while the electrification of the ghat section concerns the operation of trains along the Bengaluru–Mangaluru route.
The Mysuru programme will therefore bring together a public roadshow, a science and education facility, an urban greening project and railway infrastructure events. The scheduled public address and inaugurations are expected to take place on Friday, with the railway projects being opened virtually from Bengaluru.
