The Vande Bharat Express and Terminal 2 at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) will be officially opened during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Bengaluru on Friday, November 11. This will significantly boost the state of Karnataka’s transportation industry.
On the occasion of Kanakadasa Jayanthi, Modi will also dedicate the much-anticipated statue of Bengaluru founder Kempegowda at the airport and present floral tributes to the poet-saint Kanakadasa at Vidhana Soudha.
The prime minister will take a car trip to Vidhana Soudha after arriving at HAL airport at 10 a.m. He will take part in Jagadguru Niranjanananda Puri Mahaswamiji’s floral tribute at 10.30 a.m. to the statues of the saints Kanakadasa and Valmiki.
Modi is anticipated to arrive at Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station in his motorcade at 10:40. At 11 a.m., he will flag off the Vande Bharat Express of the Indian Railways for Chennai from Platform 7 and the Bharat Gaurav Kashi Darshan for Chennai from Platform 8.
At roughly 11.10 am, he will subsequently go by road to the Airforce Training Command Center in Hebbal. He will next take a helicopter to the Bengaluru airport, where he is scheduled to arrive at 11.40 to officially open the eagerly anticipated Terminal 2. He will likely dedicate the country to the 108-foot-tall bronze statue of Kempegowda at around 12.10 p.m.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will address the crowd at a stage event about 1 o’clock near the airport venue. At 1.10 pm, Modi is also scheduled to introduce the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUTH) 2.0 programme. His speech is scheduled to begin at around 1.35 pm.
Traffic restrictions in Bengaluru would be in effect from 8 am to 2 pm during PM Modi’s visit. The following locations around the Kempegowda International Airport are restricted for vehicle movement: CTO Junction, Police Thimmaiah Junction, Raj Bhavan Road, Basaveshwara Circle, Palace Road, Race Course Road, Sankey Road, Queen’s Road, Ballari Road, Airport Elevated Corridor, Maharani Bridge to the railway station entrance on Seshadri Road, Shanthala Junction to Mysore Bank Circle on K G road, Khodey Underpass to PF
The Hennur-Kothanur-Bagalur-Begur Backgate should be used by travellers going to and from the airport, according to Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Ravikanthe Gowda, as the Kempegowda International Airport Elevated Corridor has been closed due to the visit of the prime minister. Gowda added that there will be limits on traffic movement in Bengaluru’s central business district.
On Friday between 7 am and 3 pm, the police have diverted traffic. At the same time, heavy truck entry into the city has been banned; instead, use Outer Ring Road (ORR).
