PM Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu reach Gujarat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu have reached Sabarmati Ashram after completing their eight kilometre roadshow. It started from the airport till Sabarmati Ashram, also known as Gandhi Ashram, where Mahatma Gandhi lived for more than a decade. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu was received at the airport by PM Modi. Around 50 stages were made along the route that PM Modi and Prime Minister Netanyahu took to Sabarmati Ashram. People from different states and union territories performed and welcomed the two leaders and visiting dignitaries at various points as they pass by. For the next seven hours in Ahmedabad and later in Sabarkantha district 100 km away, the two leaders hope to see the outcome of the pacts between the two countries at the ground level and improve the lives of people.
Here are the LIVE updates from PM Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's grand roadshow in Gujarat:
After visiting Sabarmati Ashram, PM Modi and his counterpart Netanyahu will now take a helicopter to the campus of icreate, or the International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology, an autonomous institution located in Dev Dholera village, about 50 km from Ahmedabad, for the exhibition.
PM Modi and Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu fly a kite at Sabarmati Ashram.
Israeli PM Netanyahu and his wife pay their tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram.
PM Modi and Israeli PM Netanyahu with wife Sara reach Sabarmati Ashram.
Huge crowd gathers to welcome PM Modi and Israeli PM Netanyahu as the two leaders begin their roadshow in Ahmedabad.
PM Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu begin their 8 kilometer roadshow.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara arrive in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He was received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Here are a few photos from Gujarat ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu's grand roadshow in Ahmedabad. Photos show a billboard welcoming the leaders to Ahmedabad as well as preparations being carried out ahead of the inauguration of the icreate center at Deo Dholera Village in Ahmedabad.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He will receive Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu shortly.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said they would dedicate the plant to the people of Suigam Taluka in Banakantha district over video-conference. During his visit to Israel in July last year, the two leaders rode the mobile unit on Israel's Olga beach that can purify up to 20,000 litres of sea water per day.
But the visit will also forever change the lives of some people, particularly a village located on a small hill, six miles from the Rann of Kutch, that is to receive the Gal-Mobile water desalinisation and purification jeep, a gift that Israeli PM Netanyahu has brought for Prime Minister Modi.
The two leaders would then proceed for a Sabarkantha-based centre of excellence for agriculture established by Isreal. They will inaugurate a research facility for cultivation of dates in Kutch by remote control from Sabarkantha, the chief minister had earlier said.
PM Modi and Prime Minister Netanyahu will inaugurate the iCreate Center at Deo Dholera Village in Ahmedabad that was launched in 2011 and mentors budding entrepreneurs and guides them to set up start-ups, according to an official. They will also visit a Startup Exhibition and interact with innovators and start-up Chief Executive Officers.
The Israeli Prime Minister, who had reached India on a six-day visit on Sunday, has showered praise on PM Modi and called him a "revolutionary leader" who is "catapulting the magnificent state into the future". Prime Minister Modi has called the Gujarat visit an opportunity "to see the fulfilment of the promise, which our mutual cooperation holds in diverse areas such as agriculture, technology, and innovation".
(Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu held talks in Delhi yesterday) "The city of Ahmedabad will greet Mrs and Mr Netanyahu with a reception, as they proceed to Sabarmati Ashram from Ahmedabad Airport," PM Modi's office said in a statement ahead of the visit. Tight security arrangements have been made in Ahmedabad for the visiting dignitaries and traffic will be blocked along the route of the roadshow between 7 am and noon today, the Gujarat Police has announced.
For the next seven hours in Ahmedabad and later in Sabarkantha district 100 km away, the two leaders hope to see the outcome of the pacts between the two countries at the ground level and improve the lives of people.
The two leaders will travel in a vehicle decorated with flowers. Around 50 stages have been set up along the route that PM Modi and Prime Minister Netanyahu will take to Sabarmati Ashram. People from different states and union territories will perform and welcome the two leaders and visiting dignitaries at various points as they pass by.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a grand roadshow in Gujarat today. The two leaders with arrive in Ahmedabad to a grand welcome shortly after 10 am this morning. They will then begin their eight kilometre roadshow from the airport to Sabarmati Ashram, also known as Gandhi Ashram, where Mahatma Gandhi lived for more than a decade.