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PM Narendra Modi to visit Shirdi in Maharashtra


Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Shirdi in Maharashtra tomorrow, where he will perform pooja and darshan at Shri Saibaba Samadhi Temple. He will also inaugurate the new Darshan Queue Complex at the temple.

At around 2 PM, the Prime Minister will perform the Jal Pujan of Nilwande Dam and dedicate a canal network of the dam to the nation. At around 3:15 PM, the Prime Minister will attend a public programme in Shirdi, where he will inaugurate, dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth about 7500 crore rupees in sectors like health, rail, road and oil and gas.

The new Darshan Queue complex at Shirdi is a state-of-the-art modern mega building envisaged to provide comfortable waiting areas for the devotees. The Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation the left bank canal network of the Nilwande Dam. It will benefit 182 villages from Ahmednagar and Nashik districts.

During the public programme, the Prime Minister will launch the ‘Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana’. The Yojna will benefit more than 86 lakh beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in Maharashtra, by providing an additional amount of 6000 rupees per year to them. During the programme, the Prime Minister will also distribute Ayushman cards and Svamitva cards to beneficiaries.

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