Today in Politics: PM Modi to commemorate 20 years of Gujarat Urban Growth Story

TDP to begin annual conclave in Jagan’s stronghold of Kadapa; Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on three-day US tour

PM Modi will launch the Urban Development Year 2025, a new roadmap for urban progress in Gujarat (File photo)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Gandhinagar on Tuesday, the second day of his visit to Gujarat and will attend a special event to commemorate 20 years of the Gujarat Urban Growth Story.

The event marks two decades since the launch of the Urban Development Year 2005, an initiative spearheaded by then Chief Minister Narendra Modi aimed at transforming Gujarat’s urban environment through better infrastructure and governance.

The PM will launch the Urban Development Year 2025, a new roadmap for urban progress in Gujarat. As part of this initiative, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for a range of urban development, health, and water supply projects.

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Over 22,000 dwelling units under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) will be dedicated to beneficiaries, and funds amounting to Rs 3,300 crore will be released to urban local bodies under the Swarnim Jayanti Mukhyamantri Shaheri Vikas Yojana. The State Clean Air Programme will also be launched to improve air quality and promote sustainable urban living.

TDP’s three-day Mahanadu in Jagan stronghold

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will begin its three-day annual Mahanadu in Kadapa from Tuesday in what is being seen as a politically historic event. For the first time, the party is holding this mega gathering in Kadapa—a stronghold of the YSRCP—signaling the people’s resounding shift of support to TDP, following its sweeping mandate in the 2024 elections.

Speaking ahead of the event, Union Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu described Mahanadu as a “major festival that unites the Telugu Desam Party family.” He urged all “Pasupu Sainyam” (TDP cadre) to participate in large numbers and celebrate the victory that has redefined political equations in the state.

Foreign Secretary Misri to begin three-day US visit

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will start a three-day visit to the US beginning Tuesday.

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The Ministry of External Affairs said Misri’s trip to the US is a follow-up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington in February. “Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will be visiting Washington DC from May 27-29 to meet with senior officials of the US administration,” it said.

“The visit is a follow-up to the prime minister’s visit to the United States in February when both sides had launched the India-US COMPACT (Catalysing Opportunities for Military Partnership, Accelerated Commerce & Technology) for the 21st Century,” it said in a statement.

– With PTI inputs

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