Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation of multiple development initiatives worth around Rs 20,000 crore in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. Modi is arriving here to attend the Panchayat Raj Diwas at Palli Gram Panchayat in Samba district. This is the Prime Minister's first visit to J&K after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019. Ahead of Modi's visit, Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh and MoS in the same Ministry Kapil Moreshwar Patil reached Jammu on Saturday.

Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh is camping in Jammu, supervising and monitoring arrangements for the Prime Minister's rally. Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha has been holding regular meetings for Modi's historic visit to Palli Panchayat. The developmental projects being inaugurated include the Banihal-Qazigund road tunnel to establish all-weather connectivity between the two regions of the Union Territory.