Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Begumpet airport here on Tuesday to inaugurate the first phase of the Hyderabad Metro Rail and also the eighth round of Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2017.
The prime minister was given a cordial welcome by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, state Governor ESL Narasimhaan and the entire Telangana state Cabinet and members of Parliament at the airport.
Modi will be taking a chopper ride to Miyapur where he will be unveiling a pylon marking the inaugural of the 30-km stretch of the metro rail.
The prime minister is also expected to take a ride on the elevated metro along with the Rao. He will then reach HICC to participate in the GES.
Modi will inaugurate the summit and also is expected to meet few high profile investors at the summit. After the summit, he will dine with Ivanka Trump at the Falaknuma Palace.
He will be leaving for New Delhi after dinner.
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