Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka on November 13-14, 2026, to inaugurate, dedicate, and lay foundation stones for development projects worth over ₹15,600 crore across multiple sectors. The projects span urban mobility, power transmission, renewable energy, petroleum infrastructure, waste management, and railways, representing significant public infrastructure investment in the region.
In Bengaluru, the PM will inaugurate the Bengaluru Metro's Pink Line from Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere, developed at a cost of approximately ₹3,470 crore, which aims to enhance urban connectivity and reduce commute times. He will also inaugurate two major renewable energy transmission schemes: the ₹4,450 crore Transmission Scheme for Integration of Renewable Energy Zones (Phase-II) in Koppal-II and Gadag-II, facilitating evacuation of 2 GW renewable energy, and the ₹1,370 crore Transmission Scheme for the Solar Energy Zone in Bidar, enabling evacuation of 2.5 GW solar power.
The PM will lay foundation stones for additional transmission projects including the ₹3,450 crore Transmission Scheme for Integration of Davanagere/Chitradurga and Ballari Renewable Energy Zones and the ₹1,100 crore Transmission System Strengthening project for Integration of Additional Renewable Energy Potential at Davanagere and Ballari.
In the petroleum sector, the PM will dedicate to the nation India's largest underground LPG storage cavern in Mangaluru, constructed at over ₹850 crore with 80,000 metric tonnes storage capacity and a 9.4 km pipeline connecting to New Mangalore Port. He will also dedicate the ₹330 crore Devangonthi Marketing Terminal of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited in Bengaluru to strengthen petroleum product storage and distribution.
For waste management, the PM will lay the foundation stone of GAIL's Compressed Biogas Plant at Haralakunte, Bengaluru, which will process 300 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily to produce 12.6 tonnes of Compressed Biogas.
Railway infrastructure projects include the inauguration of four redeveloped stations under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, Sakleshpur, and Subrahmanya Road), dedication of the 45 km Bagalkot-Wandal railway line doubling section (part of the 284 km Gadag-Hotgi Doubling Project), and electrification of the challenging 55 km Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road Ghat section, completing full electrification of the Bengaluru-Mangaluru rail route. The PM will flag off the Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express connecting key destinations including Hassan, Sakleshpur, Mangaluru, Udupi, Murdeshwar, Gokarna, and Karwar.
In Mysuru, the PM will inaugurate COSMOS-Mysuru Planetarium, India's first LED dome planetarium built by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. The facility features a 15-meter tilted dome with 6,150 panels containing 4.2 crore individual LEDs, offering immersive astronomy education programs in Kannada, English, and Hindi, along with exhibition halls, museum, lecture hall, and training center.
The PM will also participate in the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Prashanti Kutiram, the residential headquarters of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA) deemed university, where he will lay the foundation stone of the Golden Jubilee Administrative Block and launch the S-VYASA Off-Campus at Thiruvananthapuram. The event commemorates five decades of the institution and the birth centenary of Shri Hongasandra Venkataramaiah Sheshadri, a key visionary behind S-VYASA.