Yamunanagar, April 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday laid the foundation stone for a project of increasing the capacity of a thermal powerplant in Yamunanagar, Haryana. PM Modi was facilitated by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, highlighting how the event has happened on the "auspicious day" of Ambedkar Jayanti.

"Today is Babasaheb Ambedkar's 135th birth anniversary. On this auspicious day, in the name of Deenbandhu Chotu Ram ji, under your leadership, the foundation stone of making the power plant an 800 MW one will be laid today. I thank you for this, Prime Minister, on behalf of the people of Haryana," the Haryana CM said during the public meeting.

PM Modi is on a visit to Haryana to lay the foundation stone for several d...