rime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow scheduled for Sunday in Jamshedpur has been cancelled due to severe and continuous rainfall. The decision came after Jharkhand BJP President Babulal Marandi announced the cancellation in a post on X.
Marandi stated, “Due to continuous and heavy rains in Jamshedpur, the roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the city today has been cancelled for the time being.”
The Prime Minister’s visit to Jharkhand was part of a three-day tour that also includes Gujarat and Odisha. During his visit to Jharkhand, PM Modi was expected to flag off six Vande Bharat trains at Tatanagar, lay the foundation stone for several railway projects worth over Rs 660 crore, and distribute sanction letters to 20,000 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) beneficiaries.
In a prior X post, PM Modi emphasized his commitment to the development of Jharkhand. “We are determined for the rapid development of Jharkhand. Today at around 10 am, I will have the privilege of flagging off six Vande Bharat trains at Tatanagar, as well as laying the foundation stone and inaugurating many more projects. Apart from this, I will also be a part of the program related to the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin,” he had said.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had earlier issued a rain alert for Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Chhattisgarh. According to the IMD, “The deep depression over Gangetic West Bengal moved slowly westward with a speed of 8 kmph during the past 6 hours and was centered at 0530 hours IST today, 15th September 2024, over the same region near latitude 22.6° N and longitude 88.0° E, about 40 km west-northwest of Kolkata (West Bengal), 130 km east-southeast of Bankura (West Bengal), 190 km east of Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), and 290 km east-southeast of Ranchi (Jharkhand).”
The IMD further noted that the system is expected to move westward across Jharkhand and North Chhattisgarh while gradually weakening into a depression over the next 24 hours.