PM Modi to visit Pune on Aug 1, to be conferred with Lokmanya Tilak award

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Narendra Modi will visit Maharashtra's Pune on August 1 during which he will lay the foundation stone of various development projects, a release from the Prime Minister's Office said on Sunday. As per the statement, later, the Prime Minister will be conferred with the Lokmanya Tilak National Award. The Award was constituted by Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust in 1983, to honour the legacy of Lokmanya Tilak. The award is given to people who have worked for the progress and development of the nation and whose contribution can only be looked upon as remarkable and extraordinary. It is presented every year on August 1 — Lokmanya Tilak's death anniversary. «At around 11 AM, Prime Minister will perform Darshan and Pooja at Dagdusheth Mandir. At 11:45 am, he will be conferred Lokmanya Tilak National Award. Thereafter, at 12:45 pm, Prime Minister will flag off metro trains and inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects,» the statement informed. Prime Minister will become the 41st recipient of the award. It has previously been presented to luminaries such as Shankar Dayal Sharma, Pranab Mukherjee, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indira Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, N R Narayana Murthy, E Sreedharan among others.

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The statement added that Prime Minister will flag off Metro trains marking the inauguration of services on completed sections of the two corridors of Pune Metro Phase I. These sections are from Phugewadi station to Civil Court station and Garware College station to Ruby Hall Clinic station. The Foundation Stone of the project was also laid by the Prime Minister in 2016. The new sections will connect important places