PM Modi Launches Rs 15,600 Crore Projects in Bengaluru

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent 13 November 2026 in Bengaluru, where he inaugurated completed works, laid foundation stones and flagged off new services worth more than Rs 15,600 crore together. The package touched three areas at once: urban transport, railways and the energy supply chain of Karnataka.

Namma Metro past the century mark

The new Pink Line of Bengaluru Namma Metro was handed over to commuters. The corridor brings IIM Bengaluru, several educational campuses and a number of business, technology and trading hubs within easier reach. With this stretch, the city metro network has moved beyond 100 kilometres. Only Delhi-NCR and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region had crossed that mark before, which makes Bengaluru the third such city in the country. The Prime Minister recalled that the same network measured just 17 kilometres in 2014.

Trains and stations

A Vande Bharat service joining Karnataka with Goa was flagged off, days after the state received its first Vande Bharat sleeper train. Passengers along the coastal belt, Mangaluru included, gain a semi-high-speed option. Four redeveloped Amrit Bharat stations were handed over on the day: Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, Sakleshpur and Subrahmanya Road. Two doubling and electrification works were also part of the list. More than 60 stations across Karnataka are being rebuilt under the station scheme, with ramps, seating and other help for senior citizens and Divyangjan.

Energy security projects

Three energy works were included. The Mangaluru LPG project adds 80,000 metric tonnes of storage. The Devangonthi Marketing Terminal is meant to smooth the movement of petrol, diesel and aviation fuel. A compressed bio-gas plant in Bengaluru will turn city waste into 13 tonnes of gas every day, trimming the import bill for natural gas.

Figures the Prime Minister cited

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr Modi said India renewable energy capacity has gone past 300 gigawatts. Rooftop solar plants have been fitted on over 60 lakh houses nationwide, including more than 40,000 families in Karnataka, each helped with about Rs 80,000 under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana. Over 8 lakh solar pumps are being arranged for farmers of the state under PM KUSUM, turning the Annadata into an Urjadata. He also pointed to nearly 50 crore citizens moving out of extreme poverty in recent years, and to relief for the middle class such as exemption of annual income up to Rs 12 lakh from income tax and the removal of GST on personal health and life insurance.