Overview
- The eight-day outreach runs from January 16 to 24, starting in West Champaran, with no official engagements listed for January 18.
- Day one features inspections of industrial units in the Kumarbagh area and a review of progress tied to the Special Economic Zone.
- Officials say the programme includes checks on works from the Pragati Yatra and Saat Nischay, part of a pipeline that saw 428 of 430 projects win departmental approval after earlier announcements worth nearly ₹50,000 crore.
- East Champaran authorities imposed Temporary Red Zones and no-drone restrictions from January 14 to 18 around key sites for security.
- The chief minister is scheduled to visit the Virat Ramayana Temple on January 17 for the installation of a 210-tonne, 33-foot Shivling, as opposition leaders question the yatra’s motives.