Narendra Modi in Gujarat LIVE: PM at Ghogha to inaugurate ro-ro ferry service

PM Modi will inaugurate and lay down foundation stones of a number of projects worth over Rs 1,140 crore in Bhavnagar and Vadodara districts.

IndiaToday.in  | Posted by Sonalee Borgohain
New Delhi, October 22, 2017 | UPDATED 11:43 IST
PM Narendra Modi received by CM Vijay Rupani and Deputy CM Nitin Patel in Bhavnagar. (Photo: ANI)PM Narendra Modi received by CM Vijay Rupani and Deputy CM Nitin Patel in Bhavnagar. (Photo: ANI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached poll-bound Gujarat today for the third time in as many weeks. PM Modi will inaugurate a roll-on-roll-off ferry service in Bhavnagar and lay down foundation stones of projects worth over Rs 1,140 crore in Vadodara.

PM Modi will inaugurate roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) ferry service between Ghogha in Bhavnagar district and Dahej in Bharuch district in the Gulf of Cambay. During his last visit to Gujarat, PM Modi had called the ro-ro service a dream project, which he planned when he was the chief minister of Gujarat.

PM Modi previously visited the state on October 8 and also on Monday earlier this week. PM Modi will address a public rally at Ghogha before undertaking a journey to Dahej on the ferry. 

NARENDRA MODI IN GUJARAT LIVE UPDATES:

  • PM Narendra Modi is at the ro-ro service inauguration site.
  • Modi reaches Ghogha ferry terminal. He will inaugurate the ferry service and address the public shortly.
  • PM Narendra Modi has reached Bhavnagar airport. He will now head to Ghogha.
  • PM Narendra Modi was received by CM Vijapy Rupani and Deputy CM Nitin Patel
  • PM Narendra Modi is likely to reach Bhavnagar around 11.30 am. He will inaugurate the first ferry service in the district.
  • From Dahej, Modi will travel to Vadodara, which he had last visited in October, 2016. 
  • In Vadodara, I will dedicate to the nation the Vadodara City Command Control Centre & Waghodiya Regional Water Supply Scheme.
  • At a public meeting in Ghogha, shall inaugurate Sarvottam Cattle Feed Plant of Shree Bhavnagar District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd, Modi wrote on Twitter.
  • Today is special because Phase 1 of the ferry service between Ghogha & Dahej would be inaugurated, tweeted Modi.