PM to visit Chennai on 11 October to launch projects worth over ₹13,000 crore

10 October 2026

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Chennai on 11 October 2026, the Prime Minister's Office announced on 10 October.
He will lay foundation stones for, inaugurate and dedicate projects worth over ₹13,000 crore, including the Poonamallee-Vadapalani stretch of Chennai Metro Rail Phase II (about ₹4,900 crore).
Highway works worth about ₹3,700 crore and railway works worth over ₹750 crore are included; five redeveloped Amrit Bharat stations will be inaugurated.
A Lube Oil Base Stocks project at the CPCL Manali refinery (about ₹1,620 crore, 270 thousand metric tonnes a year) will get its foundation stone.
At IIT Madras he will dedicate the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre and release the C-STROKE ischaemic stroke atlas with over 1,000 annotated microscopic sections.