<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone and inaugurated various developmental projects related to irrigation, drinking water besides a National Highway development project at Kodekal in this district.</p>.<p>This is the second visit of the Prime Minister to the poll bound Karnataka this month.</p>.<p>He was in Hubballi on January 12 to inaugurate the National Youth Festival, during which he had held a massive road show.</p>.<p>The trip also gains significance, as the ruling BJP prepares for assembly polls in the state, due by May and has set a target of winning a minimum of 150 out of total 224 seats.</p>.<p>Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Union Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers Bhagwanth Khuba, several Ministers from the state cabinet, legislators and officials were present at the event.</p>.<p>Aimed at providing safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections to all households, Modi in Kodekal laid the foundation stone for Yadgiri multi-village drinking water supply scheme under Jal Jeevan Mission.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/our-governments-priority-is-development-not-vote-bank-pm-in-poll-bound-karnataka-1182519.html" target="_blank">Our government's priority is development, not vote-bank: PM in poll-bound Karnataka</a></strong></p>.<p>Also a water treatment plant of 117 MLD will be built under the scheme.</p>.<p>The project, which costs more than Rs 2,050 crore, will provide potable water to about 2.3 lakh households of more than 700 rural habitations and three towns of Yadgiri district.</p>.<p>During the programme, the PM also inaugurated the Narayanpur Left Bank Canal – Extension Renovation and Modernisation Project (NLBC – ERM).</p>.<p>The project, with a canal carrying capacity of 10,000 cusecs, can irrigate 4.5 lakh hectares of command area.</p>.<p>It will benefit more than three lakh farmers in 560 villages of Kalaburagi, Yadgiri and Vijayapura districts.</p>.<p>The total cost of the project is about Rs 4,700 crores. He also laid the foundation stone of the 65.5 km section of NH-150C.</p>.<p>This 6-lane Greenfield road project is part of Surat – Chennai Expressway. It is being built at a cost of about Rs 2,000 crore.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone and inaugurated various developmental projects related to irrigation, drinking water besides a National Highway development project at Kodekal in this district.</p>.<p>This is the second visit of the Prime Minister to the poll bound Karnataka this month.</p>.<p>He was in Hubballi on January 12 to inaugurate the National Youth Festival, during which he had held a massive road show.</p>.<p>The trip also gains significance, as the ruling BJP prepares for assembly polls in the state, due by May and has set a target of winning a minimum of 150 out of total 224 seats.</p>.<p>Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Union Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers Bhagwanth Khuba, several Ministers from the state cabinet, legislators and officials were present at the event.</p>.<p>Aimed at providing safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections to all households, Modi in Kodekal laid the foundation stone for Yadgiri multi-village drinking water supply scheme under Jal Jeevan Mission.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/our-governments-priority-is-development-not-vote-bank-pm-in-poll-bound-karnataka-1182519.html" target="_blank">Our government's priority is development, not vote-bank: PM in poll-bound Karnataka</a></strong></p>.<p>Also a water treatment plant of 117 MLD will be built under the scheme.</p>.<p>The project, which costs more than Rs 2,050 crore, will provide potable water to about 2.3 lakh households of more than 700 rural habitations and three towns of Yadgiri district.</p>.<p>During the programme, the PM also inaugurated the Narayanpur Left Bank Canal – Extension Renovation and Modernisation Project (NLBC – ERM).</p>.<p>The project, with a canal carrying capacity of 10,000 cusecs, can irrigate 4.5 lakh hectares of command area.</p>.<p>It will benefit more than three lakh farmers in 560 villages of Kalaburagi, Yadgiri and Vijayapura districts.</p>.<p>The total cost of the project is about Rs 4,700 crores. He also laid the foundation stone of the 65.5 km section of NH-150C.</p>.<p>This 6-lane Greenfield road project is part of Surat – Chennai Expressway. It is being built at a cost of about Rs 2,000 crore.</p>