Gangtok, May 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sikkim on May 29 to launch development projects worth over Rs750 crore as part of the state’s 50th statehood anniversary celebrations.

At around 11 AM, PM Modi will attend the event titled “Sikkim@50: Where Progress Meets Purpose and Nature Nurtures Growth” in Gangtok. During the programme, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for several key projects, including a 500-bedded district hospital in Namchi, a passenger ropeway at Sangachoeling in Pelling, and a statue of Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Atal Amrit Udyan in Gangtok district.

To mark the golden jubilee of Sikkim’s statehood, the Prime Minister will also release a commemorative coin, souvenir coin, and a postal stamp. The state government has initiated a year-long celebration under the theme “Sunaulo, Samriddha, and Samarth Sikkim,” reflecting the state’s cultural heritage and developmental achievements.