In his second visit to Jammu and Kashmir after assuming office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Leh and Kargil today. Coming ahead of the assembly-elections, the trip will involve a major boost for the power sector in the energy-starved state. 

Modi is visiting Ladakh to inaugurate two power projects and also lay the foundation stone of the Leh-Srinagar transmission line.

The transmission line - a project announced by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in August 2003 - will connect Ladakh with the country's northern grid and go a long way towards solving the power woes of Leh.