MODI TO VISIT BENGAL, ODISHA TODAY

new delhi — Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal and Odisha today to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Amphan.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday demanded Prime Minister Modi visit the state. After which PMO sources informed about the visit of Modi on Friday.

Sources in the Prime Minister’s Office said that Modi will arrive at Kolkata airport at 10.30am. Then from there, he will take a special survey with Banerjee and make an aerial survey of North 24 and South 24 Parganas districts and assess the damage.

Sources say that Prime Minister Modi will also go to Odisha after West Bengal. There he will conduct an aerial survey of the devastation caused by the cyclone in the state with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at around 1.30pm. —