Modi to launch key projects in Karnataka ahead of polls
PM will inaugurate India Energy Week, dedicate HAL helicopter factory to the nation and also lay the foundation stones for various development initiatives
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate India Energy Week (IEW) 2023, dedicate HAL helicopter factory to the nation and also lay the foundation stones for various development initiatives during his upcoming visit to poll-bound Karnataka on Feb.6.
The prime minister will inaugurate the IEW, 2023 in Bengaluru.
Being held from Feb.6-8, it is aimed to showcase country’s rising prowess as an energy transition powerhouse.
The event will bring together leaders from the traditional and non-traditional energy industry, governments, and academia to discuss the challenges and opportunities that a responsible energy transition presents.
In line with the ethanol blending roadmap, Modi will launch E20 fuel at 84 retail outlets of Oil Marketing Companies in 11 States/uts.
E20 is a blend of 20 per cent ethanol with petrol.
The government aims to achieve a complete 20 per cent blending of ethanol by 2025, and oil marketing companies are seting up 2G-3G ethanol plants that will facilitate the progress.
The prime minister will also flag off the Green Mobility Rally.
The rally will witness participation of vehicles running on green energy sources and will help create public awareness for the green fuels.
Modi will launch the uniforms under the “Unbotled” initiative of Indian Oil.
Guided by the vision of the prime minister to phase out single-use plastic, Indianoil has adopted uniforms for retail customer atendants and LPG delivery personnel made from recycled polyester (RPET) & coton.
The prime minister will also dedicate the twin-cooktop model of the Indianoil’s Indoor Solar Cooking System and flag-off its commercial roll-out. Indianoil had earlier developed an innovative and patented Indoor Solar Cooking System with a single cooktop.
On the basis of feedback received, a twincooktop Indoor Solar Cooking system has been designed offering more flexibility and ease to the users.
In yet another step towards “Aatmanirbharta” in the defence sector, the prime minister will dedicate to the nation the HAL Helicopter Factory in Tumakuru. Its foundation stone was also laid by Modi in 2016. It is a dedicated new greenfield helicopter factory which will enhance capacity and ecosystem to build helicopters.
This helicopter factory is Asia’s largest helicopter manufacturing facility and will initially produce the Light Utility Helicopters (LUH).
LUH is an indigenously designed and developed 3-tonne class, single engine multipurpose utility helicopter with unique feature of high manoeuvrability.
The factory will be expanded to manufacture other helicopters such as Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) and Indian Multirole Helicopter (IMRH) as well as for repair and overhaul of LCH, LUH, Civil ALH and IMRH in the future. The factory also has the potential for exporting the Civil LUHS in future.
Modi will lay the foundation stone of Tumakuru Industrial Township.
Under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme, development of the Industrial Township spread across 8,484 acre in three phases in Tumakuru has been taken up as part of Chennai Bengaluru Industrial Corridor.
Meanwhile, the BJP has appointed Union Minister for Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan as incharge of forthcoming assembly elections in Karnataka.
The party has also appointed Tamil Nadu State President K Annamalai as the co-incharge. Pradhan had worked as the Karnataka in-charge during the tenure of former chief minister BS Yediyurappa in 2008.
Annamalai, who was the Karnataka Cadre IPS officer, has fair knowledge of the state. He had rendered services across the state and earned a good name among the public.
The people demanded his appointment and protested his transfers in the state.
Pradhan had worked as in charge of elections in Utar Pradesh and other states. Both the leaders are very much aware of ground realities of the state and have fair knowledge of the pulse of the party workers.