Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated and flagged off projects across Karnataka worth more than ₹15,600 crore, presenting the openings as steps to strengthen national energy security and urban transport.
- The new assets include an 80,000‑metric‑tonne LPG storage addition at Mangaluru, the Devangonthi marketing terminal to streamline petrol, diesel and aviation fuel distribution, and a compressed biogas plant in Bengaluru that will produce about 13 tonnes a day.
- Modi highlighted that renewables capacity has topped 300 GW and that over six million households have installed rooftop solar under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, which he said diversifies supply away from imported fuels.
- He also opened a new section of Bengaluru Metro taking its operational length past 100 km and launched related rail services, linking the transport upgrades to reduced fossil fuel use and improved city mobility.
- Officials say the projects are the latest in a decade-long push—adding storage, expanding domestic fuel output, scaling solar and electrifying railways—that aims to give India short-term buffers against Middle East disruptions and long-term energy resilience.