Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Mumbai Saturday morning on a day-long visit to Maharashtra.

He will commission India’s largest indigenously built warship INS Kolkata at the Naval Dockyard a short while from now.

The 6,800 tonne Kolkata class warship has been designed by the Navy’s Design Bureau and is armed with indigenously built Brahmos missiles.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, who is accompanying the Prime Minister, has said that it is the historic day for the nation.

During his visit Mr. Modi will also lay foundation stones for a multi-crore SEZ and port connectivity project in Navi Mumbai.

Later in the forenoon, Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for Rs 6,000 crore Port based multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) at Nhava Sheva in Navi Mumbai.

He will also lay the foundation stone for the Rs 1,926 crore Port Connectivity Highway Project at JNPT.

Mr Modi will also allot land to JNPT Project Affected People under the 12.5% scheme.

Later, the Prime Minister will head to Solapur, where he will dedicate a Powergrid’s transmission line and launch multiple road and highway projects.

This is Mr Modi’s second visit to Maharashtra. Earlier, he had paid a visit to Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai in the month of July.