Bhubaneswar (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Odisha on Saturday, during which he will unveil development projects valued at more than Rs 60,000 crore in sectors such as telecommunications, railways and higher education, officials said.

From western Odisha’s Jharsuguda town, he will commission more than 97,500 4G telecom towers built with BSNL’s ‘swadeshi’ technology, marking India's entry into a league of nations such as Denmark, Sweden, South Korea, and China that manufacture homegrown telecom equipment.

In a post on X, the prime minister said, "Will be in Jharsuguda, Odisha, to inaugurate developmental works...In a historic feat, over 97,500 telecom towers across India would be commissioned. These have been built using local technologies and will boost connecti

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