- Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated World`s longest railway platform of 1.5 kilometres at Sri Siddhaarooda railway station in Hubballi in the state of Karnataka.
- The inauguration of the platform was done during the PM’s Karnataka visit in the presence of Union Minister Pralhad Joshi.
- It is to be noted that Indian Railways, South Western Railway Zones Hubbali is now registered in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest platform.
- The Gorakhpur platform in Uttar Pradesh is the second longest at 1,366.33 metres, and the Kollam Junction in Kerala has the third longest platform at 1,180.5 metres.
- Modi also flagged off the Hubballi-Secunderabad Jn Express train with electric engines, inaugurated new campus of IIT in Dharwad city and dedicated several other projects along with the world’s longest railway platform, Hubballi-Dharwad. He dedicated IIT Dharwad campus to India for which the foundation stone was laid by him in February 2019.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates world’s longest railway platform in Hubballi, Karnataka
