PM Modi To Inaugurate Conference-Cum-Expo In UP Tomorrow

PM Modi will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 75 urban development projects of UP under Smart Cities Mission and AMRUT.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate "Azadi@75 -- New Urban India: Transforming Urban Landscape" conference-cum-expo on Tuesday in Lucknow and also launch many development projects.

The Prime Minister's Office said PM Modi will digitally hand over keys of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) houses to 75,000 beneficiaries in 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh and will also interact with them virtually.

He will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 75 urban development projects of the state under Smart Cities Mission and AMRUT; flag off 75 buses under FAME-II for seven cities -- Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, Jhansi and Ghaziabad -- and release a coffee table book encompassing 75 projects implemented under various flagship missions of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

PM Modi will also walk through the three exhibitions being set up in the expo, the PMO said, adding that he will also announce the setting up of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Chair in Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow.