PM Modi to arrive in Kochi today for a two-day visit
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Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Kochi on Tuesday evening as part of his two-day visit to Kerala during which he will hold a roadshow here, address a BJP meeting of party workers and visit two major temples in Thrissur district.
Modi is expected to arrive at the Cochin International Airport here at around 5 pm and thereafter, he will hold a roadshow in Ernakulam city at 6 pm, party sources said.
The roadshow, with the prime minister travelling in an open vehicle, will cover a distance of 1.3 kilometres from Maharajas College ground to the Ernakulam government guest house, the sources said.
More than half a lakh people are expected to take part in it, they said. The police have put up iron barricades along the route of the roadshow.
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The Prime Minister will be staying at a hotel in Willingdon Island on Tuesday, will leave for Guruvayur in a helicopter on Wednesday morning, at 6.30 am. He will offer prayers at the famous Lord Krishna temple there and attend the marriage of actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi's daughter.
PM Modi will also offer prayers at Triprayar Sree Rama Swami Temple in Thrissur district and then will return to Kochi, the sources said. At Kochi's Willingdon Island, he will dedicate to the nation the Cochin Shipyard Ltd international vessel repairing centre and new dry dock, they said.
Subsequently, at 11 am, he will address a party meeting of around 6,000 in-charges of 'shakti kendras', each comprising two to three booth-level areas, at Marine Drive here.
He would return to Delhi by evening, the sources said. The State police have tightened security measures in the city given the Prime Minister’s visit. Traffic diversions and restrictions on parking vehicles have also been imposed in view of his visit.
Earlier this month, the prime minister inaugurated and laid the foundation for various projects worth Rs 1,150 crore in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Thereafter, he attended a women's convention organised by the BJP in Thrissur.
With PTI inputs
