Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Uttarakhand on Friday for a two-day visit to the state. He is scheduled to lay the foundation stones for several projects in Kedarnath and Badrinath dhams, including the 9.7 km long Gaurikund-Kedarnath ropeway and road-widening of the national highway 7 that connects Hindu pilgrim centres such as Rishikesh, Joshimath, and Badrinath with Dehradun and Chandigarh and national highway 107 from Rudraprayag to Gaurikund. In preparation for his visit, both Kedarnath and Badrinath temples were decorated with flowers. Stay tuned with India Today to get all the live updates on the prime minister’s visit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused successive Congress governments at the Centre and in Uttarakhand of dragging their feet for decades over development projects, forcing people to migrate from their villages in the state.