PM Narendra Modi to launch slew of projects during Gujarat visit

GANDHINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Gujarat, his home state, from April 17 to inaugurate a slew of projects in South Gujarat and Saurashtra region of the statethat goes to polls later this year. The Patidar-dominated Surat and Saurashtra regions could play a crucial role in the poll outcome, and the BJP is giving special emphasis to these regions.

The PM, during his visit, will inaugurate a cattle feed plant in Tapi district. He will also dedicate a trust-run hospital project worth Rs 400 crore to the people of Surat apart from inaugurating phase I of Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation Project (SAUNI) in Botad district of Saurashtra region, and lay the foundation stone for phase II of the project.

The SAUNI project is aimed at wooing Saurashtra farmers as it proposes to fill 115 dams of the region with the overflowing water from Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam through a network of pipelines.

It may be mentioned here that during his last visit to the state on March 9, Modi had said that the coastal region of Gujarat would receive Rs 45,000 crore from the Sagarmala Yojana scheme. He had also announced the conversion of eight state highways of Gujarat into national highways.