RAJKOT: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Kutch and lay foundation stone of several development projects on Tuesday. His visit to Kutch will be third in his home state – Gujarat - in the last three months during the Covid-19 induced pandemic.
Significantly, at a time when farmers protest against centre’s new farm laws will enter day 20 at Delhi’s Singhu border, the PM will meet a group of progressive farmers of Kutch including some native of Punjab who are engaged in agriculture activities at Kutch border.
Modi will lay foundation stone of a desalination plant, a hybrid renewable energy plant and fully automated milk processing and packaging plant of Sarhad Dairy.
The PM is scheduled to reach Bhuj airport at around 12.35 pm and Dhordo helipad at around 1.15 pm. He will lay the foundation stones of the projects through a function organised at tent city in presence of Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani.
At around 2 pm, he will also address a gathering while a visit to the White Rann is also on the schedule. The PM is also likely to review work of memorial park that is being constructed in memory of 2001 earthquake victims and Kutchi people’s response to this natural disaster. He is also scheduled to meet Kutch’s handicraft workers.