PM Modi to launch development projects, address BJP rally in Nizamabad in T'gana on Oct 3
Hyderabad (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate several development projects and also address a public meeting to be organised by BJP at Nizamabad in Telangana on October 3.
This comes two days after he addressed a rally at Mahabubnagar in the state, marking the launch of BJP's campaign for the upcoming assembly polls.
Nizamabad assumes political significance as Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter and sitting BRS MLC K Kavitha is expected to contest from the constituency in the 2024 Parliament elections again.
She lost to incumbent BJP MP from Nizamabad D Arvind in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Modi, who visited Mahabubnagar in Telangana on Sunday, had announced setting up a National Turmeric Board for the benefit of turmeric farmers in the country and in Telangana.
The establishment of a turmeric board has been a long pending demand of the turmeric farmers in Nizamabad.
BJP MP Arvind, who had promised during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls to work for establishment of turmeric board, on Monday thanked Modi for the announcement.
Arvind recalled his efforts since 2019 for getting the board established.
On Tuesday, Modi will inaugurate as well as lay the foundation stone of various development projects worth about Rs 8,000 crore during his visit to Nizamabad, an official release said.
The PM will also inaugurate the first 800 MW unit of phase 1 of the Telangana Super Thermal Power Project of NTPC.
It will provide low-cost power to the state and boost its economic development, an official release said, adding that it will be one of the most environmentally compliant power stations in the country.
The state's rail infrastructure will also get a boost as the prime minister will also inaugurate rail projects including the new line connecting Manoharabad and Siddipet and the electrification project between Dharmabad-Manoharabad and Mahabubnagar-Kurnool, it said.
Seeking to augment health infrastructure in the state, Modi will also lay the foundation stone of 20 critical care blocks under the Pradhan Mantri - Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
