Hubballi (Karnataka), Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here in Karnataka on Sunday to launch development projects and address a BJP rally.
After laying the foundation stone for the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus building in Dharwad, he dedicated to the nation the 1.5 million tonne Mangaluru and the 2.5 million tonne Padur strategic reserve petroleum facilities of the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd (ISPRL) as well as the doubled 18 km Chikjajur-Mayakonda section of railway track.
He also initiated the electrification project of the 346-km-long Hospeta-Hubballi-Vasco da Gama railway line.
Prime Minister Modi also witnessed the e-griha pravesh (house warming) of 2,384 houses built at Dharwad under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.