AHMEDABAD: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi undertaking a two-day visit to Gujarat, during which he has inaugurated and dedicated development projects worth Rs 14,000 crore, release the 24th instalment of PM-KISAN payments worth Rs 19,000 crore and to flag off two trains. His itinerary included laying the foundation stone for Ahmedabad Metro extensions and road upgrades, inaugurating child-friendly Anganwadi centres and participating in the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations at Ekta Nagar.
Listing several major infrastructure projects inaugurated or initiated for Gujarat’s development on Friday, the Prime Minister highlighted the flagging off of two new rail services, the Ahmedabad-Varanasi Sabarmati Express and the Mehsana-Becharaji-Sabarmati MEMU train, alongside the expansion of the Ahmedabad Metro with foundation stones laid for metro projects connecting GIFT City and the airport. “The Ahmedabad-Mehsana highway is now going to become eight-lane from four-lane,” noted Shri Modi.
Today on October 31, the prime minister will offer floral tributes at the Statue of Unity, lay the foundation stone, and inaugurate various development projects worth over Rs 400 crore in Ekta Nagar.
He will then visit the Rain Forest and Vaman Vriksha Vatika in Ekta Nagar and participate in the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations commemorating the 151st birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, according to officials.
During the tour, Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2A and Phase 2B.
Phase 2A will have a length of over 6 kilometres, covering five stations from Koteshwar Road to the airport, while Phase 2B will have a length of over 3.3 kilometres, covering three stations from GIFT City to Shahpur.
