Following a high-level diplomatic go to to Sri Lanka and the BIMSTEC summit in Thailand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will spend Ram Navami in Tamil Nadu on Sunday. Modi will inaugurate the Pamban Rail Bridge, which can join the mainland to Rameswaram, and lay the muse stone and inaugurate growth initiatives value Rs 8,300 in Tamil Nadu.
On a day of non secular significance — Ram Navami celebrates the delivery of Lord Ram — PM Modi will go to the Sri Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple in Rameswaram on Pamban Island.
“Tomorrow, sixth April, on the very auspicious event of Ram Navami, I stay up for being amongst my sisters and brothers of Tamil Nadu. The brand new Pamban Rail Bridge can be inaugurated. I’ll pray on the Sri Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple,” PM Modi wrote on X.
“Improvement works value over Rs. 8300 crore may even be inaugurated or their basis stones could be laid,” he added.
Tomorrow, sixth April, on the very auspicious event of Ram Navami, I stay up for being amongst my sisters and brothers of Tamil Nadu. The brand new Pamban Rail Bridge can be inaugurated. I’ll pray on the Sri Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple. Improvement works value over Rs. 8300…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 5, 2025
Tamil Nadu, which noticed protests towards delimitation and the Centre’s three-language coverage, is scheduled to carry its elections subsequent 12 months. The state had additionally hosted a gathering of Opposition states, mainly from South India, with the demand for a 25-year freeze on delimitation train put ahead.
A press launch on Saturday acknowledged that the PM will inaugurate the Pamban bridge and flag off the brand new Rameswaram-Tambaram (Chennai) prepare service at 12 midday. The bridge would be the nation’s first vertical elevate railway bridge and can substitute the century-old Pamban Bridge whose operations had been suspended in December 2022.
Constructed at a value of over Rs 700 crore, the bridge is over 2.08 km lengthy and connects the Indian mainland to Rameswaram city positioned in Padma Island. Owing to chrome steel reinforcements and Polysiloxane Paint, the bridge is predicted the have a lifespan of as much as 58 years.
Following the inauguration of the bridge, he’ll go to the Sri Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple in Rameswaram, between India and Sri Lanka.
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At round 1.30 pm, he’ll lay the muse stone of four-laning venture of the 28-kilometer-long Walajapet – Ranipet part of NH-40.
He may even inaugurate a number of rail and highway initiatives in Tamil Nadu, together with the 4-laned 29-kilometer-long Viluppuram – Puducherry part of NH-332; 57-kilometer-long Poondiyankuppam – Sattanathapuram part of NH-32 and 48-kilometer-long Cholapuram – Thanjavur part of NH-36.