India, Sept. 12 -- The Manipur government on Friday announced the schedule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's day-long visit to the state on Saturday, his first since ethnic violence broke out in May 2023.

Modi will arrive in the state after inaugurating the Bairabi-Sairang railway line project in neighbouring Mizoram. He will preside over two events in Kuki-dominated Churachandpur and in the capital Imphal, where Meiteis are in the majority.

"On his arrival at Churachandpur at about 11.30am, he will first interact with the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the district. He will lay the foundation stone of infrastructure projects...and will address a public gathering," the state chief secretary's office said in a statement.

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