Modi in Chennai enroute to Sriharikota

Chennai, June 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday landed at the Chennai airport enroute to India's rocket port of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

The special aircraft in which Modi was travelling landed after a 40-minute delay due to bad weather.

Modi was given a warm reception by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka Governor K. Rosaiah, Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha and union ministers M. Venkaiah Naidu and Pon Radhakrishnan.

He later left for Sriharikota in a helicopter to witness the launch of Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) Monday morning.