PM to attend second ground breaking ceremony in Kanpur

LUCKNOW:Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kanpur in February-end to attend the second ground breaking ceremony where projects of nearly 300 companies worth Rs 65,000 crore will be launched.

According to officials, the tentative date of the programme is February 27. The PM had attended the first ground breaking ceremony in Lucknow on July 29 last. UP minister for industries Satish Mahana said the Yogi Adityanath government had decided to organise the second ground breaking ceremony in Kanpur to revive the lost glory of this industrial town. Mahana, a seven-time BJP MLA from Kanpur, is personally supervising preparations for the ceremony.

Due to large number of mills, Kanpur is also referred to as the Manchester of the East. The state government had signed MoUs with these companies at the

investors’ summit held in Lucknow in February last year. More than 5,000 people, including prominent industrialists from across the country, will attend the programme.

Principal secretary, infrastructure and industrial development, Rajesh Kumar Singh said, “The second ground breaking ceremony will be in Kanpur. It is likely to be held on February 27 but the programme is yet to be officially finalised.”

A government official said: “Kanpur has been strategically selected for the mega event. From this industrial town, which has been the BJP’s stronghold, the party wants to draw political mileage for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.”