Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here Tuesday to begin his daylong visit to Jammu and Kashmir. He launched multiple development projects worth over Rs 32,000 crore and also distributed appointment letters to 1,748 youths.
A special aircraft carrying the Prime Minister landed at the technical area of Jammu airport around 11:40am.
J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, DGP RR Swain and other senior officers received the Prime Minister at the airport.
A VVIP cavalcade carrying the Prime Minister drove to the Maulana Azad Stadium in the city where the official programmes and address to the public rally by him will take place.
L-G Sinha felicitated the PM at the stadium. The Prime Minister then launched multiple development projects for education, railways, aviation, and road sectors.
PM Modi distributed appointment letters to 1,748 J&K government recruits. Two of these were given the letters personally by the PM in the stadium. The two are — Saima Bashir from Kashmir’s Budgam district as Sub-Inspector in J&K Police, and Saurav Sharma from Jammu’s Samba as junior engineer.
The PM will fly back to Delhi in the afternoon.
IANS