Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha on March 5 amid rising speculations of alliance between the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and the state Assembly in April.
The prime minister will unveil the projects from a function in Chandikhole in Jajpur district, an official statement said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Odisha on March 5, which happens to be the 108th birth anniversary of late chief minister Biju Patnaik, father of CM Naveen Patnaik. Is it being reported that the PM will pay his respect to “The Tall Man Of Odisha” soon after his arrival at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here in Bhubaneswar.
The BJD has made grand arrangements to commemorate the day and reiterated its demand for a Bharat Ratna for Biju Patnaik. The buzz in the state is that the PM may announce the honour for the late CM, which will galvanise the alliance between the two parties. PM Modi has already announced five Bharat Ratnas this year, for former Bihar chief minister and socialist leader late Karpoori Thakur, late Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, late agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan, BJP stalwart and former deputy PM LK Advani, and late Prime Minister and farmer leader Chaudhary Charan Singh.
Following the official programme, he will address a rally of the BJP in Jajpur, considered a stronghold of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
The PM will inaugurate Indian Oil Corp’s mono ethylene glycol project at the Paradip Refinery.
He will also inaugurate a 344-km-long product pipeline from Paradip in Odisha to Haldia in West Bengal. He will also inaugurate 0.6 mmtpa LPG import facility at Paradip.
PM Modi will dedicate to the nation four-laning of the Singhara-Binjabahal section of NH-49, four-laning of the Binjabahal-Tileibani section of NH-49, four-laning of the Balasore-Jharpokharia section of NH-18, and four-laning of the Tangi-Bhubaneswar Section of NH-16.
He will also lay the foundation stone for the eight-laning of Chandikhole-Paradip road.
The PM will dedicate to the nation the 162-km-long Bansapani-Daitari-Tomka-Jakhapura rail line. It will not only enhance the existing capacity but will also facilitate efficient transportation of iron and manganese ore from Keonjhar to the nearest ports and steel plants, the statement said.
A CONCOR container depot in Kalinga Nagar will also be inaugurated by the prime minister. He will also lay the foundation stone for an electric loco periodical overhauling workshop at Narla, a wagon periodical overhauling workshop at Kantabanji and up-gradation and augmentation of maintenance facilities at Baghuapal.
Modi will also inaugurate a 5-mld seawater desalination plant at Odisha Sands Complex of Indian Rare Earths Ltd. It has been built as a part of field applications of indigenous desalination technologies developed by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
While one will have to wait for the PM to spell out his pitch for Odisha, observers say a friendship between the ruling party and the opposition during election season does not bode well for either, though it may help the BJP close in on its target of “Mission 400″ for the Lok Sabha polls.
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