PM Modi to visit Mumbai on Tuesday; some roads leading to BKC to remain closed [details]

Mumbai: A Mumbai Traffic Police official said on Monday that some roads leading to the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai will remain closed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's event on Tuesday. The PM will attend the 'Dwishatabdi Mahotsav' (200th-anniversary celebrations) of 'Mumbai Samachar' at the BKC, a business district in the suburbs.

He added that vehicles will not be allowed on the BKC connector and through Kurla Razzak Junction, MTNL Junction, Platina Junction, and the Trident junction toward the Jio World Centre and the American Consulate.

Traffic will be diverted on some routes.

The official further said that traffic regulations will remain in effect from 4 pm to 8 pm (on Tuesday).

In addition to the increased security at BKC, police will deploy additional officers on various roads, the official added.

Besides taking part in the 'Dwishatabdi Mahotsav' of the 'Mumbai Samachar', a newspaper published continuously for 200 years, Prime Minister Modi will unveil the Gallery of Revolutionaries in Mumbai on Tuesday.

The PM will inaugurate the Jal Bhushan Building and Gallery of Revolutionaries at the Raj Bhavan in south Mumbai. Since 1885, the Jal Bhushan has been Maharashtra's governor's official residence. After the building's lifespan had ended, it was demolished and in August 2019, President Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone for the new building. In the newly-constructed structure, all the distinctive features of the old building have been preserved, a statement said.

In 2016, the-then Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao discovered a bunker inside the Raj Bhavan. It was once used as a secret storage area for arms and ammunition by the British. In 2019, the bunker was renovated. A unique museum commemorating the contribution of freedom fighters and revolutionaries in Maharashtra has been developed in the bunker as the Gallery of Revolutionaries.

Prime Minister Modi will attend the Mumbai Samachar's 200th-anniversary celebrations at the Bandra Kurla Complex later in the day.

'Mumbai Samachar' (then Bombay Samachar) was first printed as a weekly on July 1, 1822, by Fardunjee Marzbanji, a Parsi scholar. In 1832, it became a daily. The Gujarati newspaper has been published continuously for 200 years. It was also announced that a postal stamp would be released on the occasion to commemorate this achievement.