Image Source : PTI PM Modi is scheduled to inaugurate a new plant of South Korean electronic company - Samsung on July 9. (File Photo/PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Noida on Monday (July 9) to inaugurate the new manufacturing unit of Samsung electronics. PM Modi will be accompanied by by Korean President Moon Jae-in during his Noida visit. Authorities are busy providing Noida a makeover for the high-profile visit. Pothole-filled roads have repaired. Defunct streetlights are being replaced or repaired. Fresh coat of paint is being applied to medians, road dividers. A temporary helipad has been prepared near the Samsung mobile phone plant in Sector 81. Top police and administrative officials, including divisional commissioner Anita Meshram,inspector-general of police Ram Kumar and DIG Prashant Kumar held a meeting with other officials to discuss the security and other arrangements being made for PM Modi's visit. PM Modi's last visit to Noida in December 2017 was marred by a major security breach. When PM's motorcade was returning from the inauguration ceremony of Delhi Metro's Magenta Line section at Amity University, the fleet took a route other than the sanitised one. As a result, the vehicles of PM Modi and many other VIPs were caught in a traffic snarl at the Mahamaya flyover. Also, a motorcycle and a bus came very close to the VVIP fleet. A high-level probe was ordered into the lapse. Meanwhile, the Noida Police has issued advisory for motorists to avoid certain sections of roads on July 9. Commuters travelling from Delhi Noida Direct (DND) Flyway to New Ashok Nagar, Greater Noida, Greater Noida West, Ghaziabad have been advised to take NH24 to avoid inconvenience. Commuters taking the Chilla gate to reach Noida, Greater Noida, Greater Noida West, Ghaziabad, can also use the NH24 instead. Latest India News<doc-sep>Authorities in Noida are busy these days to give a facelift to the district as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit on Monday to inaugurate the new manufacturing unit of Samsung Electronics. For the inauguration, PM Modi will be accompanied by Korean President Moon Jae-in on his Noida visit. The authorities are trying everything to repair the potholes on roads, streetlights are also being repaired while as the medians and road dividers are getting a fresh coat of paint for the high profile visit. Near the Samsung mobile phone plant in Sector 81 of Noida, a new helipad is also being prepared. For PM Modi's visit, the authorities are making tight security arrangements as his last visit to Noida in 2017 was marred by a breach. PM Modi had visited Noida for the inauguration of the Metro's Magenta Line in December 2017. To ensure the event passes off smoothly, the Noida Police have issued an advisory for motorists to avoid certain sections of roads on July 9. Commuters travelling from Delhi Noida Direct (DND) Flyway to New Ashok Nagar, Greater Noida, Greater Noida West, Ghaziabad have been advised to take NH24 to avoid inconvenience. Commuters taking the Chilla gate to reach Noida, Greater Noida, Greater Noida West, Ghaziabad, can also use the NH24 instead. HIGH END PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit on Monday to inaugurate the new manufacturing unit of Samsung Electronics. He will be accompanied by Korean President Moon Jae-in<doc-sep>PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Samsung India’s new mobile manufacturing facility at Sector 81 in Noida, on Monday. PM Modi will be accompanied by South Korean President Moon Jae-in who is on a visit to India. It is the world's largest mobile factory. The new 35-acre facility will see Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in landing together at a quickly-prepared helipad adjacent to the factory. In June last year, the South Korean giant announced a Rs 4,915 crore investment to expand the Noida plant and, after a year, the new facility is ready to double production. The company is currently making 67 million smartphones in India and with the new plant being functional, it is expected to manufacture nearly 120 million mobile phones. Not just mobiles, the expansion of the current facility will double Samsung's production capacity of consumer electronics like refrigerators and flat panel televisions, further consolidating the company's leadership in these segments. According to Tarun Pathak, Associate Director at Counterpoint Research, the new facility gives Samsung an advantage by reducing the time to market. "This will help Samsung bring some local features to the devices powered by R&D here. Apart from this, the company can also bring in export opportunity for Samsung to SAARC and other regions," Pathak told IANS. (With IANS inputs) Latest India News<doc-sep>
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Noida today to inaugurate world's largest smartphone factory. South Korean President, Moon Jae-in have also arrived in India to accompany PM Modi. The South Korean President will be accompanied by senior members of his cabinet, officials as well as industry captains. First Lady Kim Jung-sook will also be accompanying the President. It is also to be noted that this is South Korean's President first visit to the country. Both the leaders will be landing together in Noida to visit the plant. Samsung's 35-acre Samsung Electronics facility at Sector 81 in Noida, has caught everybody's attention, as mentioned earlier, it is one of the largest smartphone factory in the world. Samsung has firstl opened its first electronics manufacturing facilities in the early 1990s, the plant started by manufacturing TVs in 1997. The present mobile phone manufacturing unit was added in 2005. For PM Modi's visit, the authorities are making tight security arrangements as his last visit to Noida in 2017 was marred by a breach. PM Narendra Modi had visited Noida for the inauguration of the Metro's Magenta Line in December 2017. To ensure the event passes off smoothly, the Noida Police have issued an advisory for motorists to avoid certain sections of roads on July 9. Noida Traffic Police on Monday issued traffic advisory as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in are due to visit the city to inaugurate a Samsung plant here. Commuters travelling from Delhi Noida Direct (DND) Flyway to New Ashok Nagar, Greater Noida, Greater Noida West, Ghaziabad have been advised to take NH24 to avoid inconvenience. Commuters taking the Chilla gate to reach Noida, Greater Noida, Greater Noida West, Ghaziabad, can also use the NH24 instead. Last year in June, Samsung has announced a massive Rs 4,915 crore investment to expand the Noida plant. The mentioned plant will double the smartphone production. Samsung is aiming to manufacture 120 million phones a year. Currently, it's manufacturing 67 million smartphones. Besides the smartphone, consumer electronics like refrigerators and flat panel televisions will also be manufactured at Noida plant. In 2012, Samsung became the leader in mobile phones in the country and the Noida facility rolled out the first-ever "Galaxy S3" device.