PM Modi embarks on a 2-day visit to Gujarat today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day visit to Gujarat from today during which he will lay foundation stones and inaugurate a number of projects. Mr Modi will begin his trip with the special prayer at the famous Dwarkadheesh temple this morning.

At Dwarka, Modi will lay the foundation stone for a four-lane cable-stayed signature bridge between Okha and Bet Dwarka to be built at a cost of 962 crore rupees.Other projects for which foundation stone will be laid include four-laning of 116.24 kms of Porbandar-Dwarka section of NH-51 and four-laning of 93.56 km of Gadu-Porbandar section of NH-51. Mr Modi will also address a public meeting in Dwarka.

From Dwarka, the prime minister will go to Hirasar in Rajkot district where he will lay foundation stone for a greenfield airport, 20 kms from Rajkot city. Mr Modi will also lay foundation stone in Chotila for six-laning of 201-km Ahmedabad-Rajkot section of NH-47 at a cost of 2,893 crore rupees.

He will also dedicate a fully automatic milk processing and packaging plant and a drinking water distribution pipeline for Joravarnagar and Ratanpur area of Surendranagar. The Prime Minister will also address a public meeting there.

Mr Modi will then proceed to Gandhinagar where he will dedicate the newly-constructed building of IIT Gandhinagar, and launch the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan(PMGDISHA). PMGDISHA is aimed at imparting digital literacy to citizens in rural areas, and



provide access to information, knowledge, education, and healthcare.

Tomorrow morning, Mr Modi will visit Vadnagar, his birthplace.in Mehasana district where he grew up. He will then inaugurate a medical college and hospital having the total bed capacity of 650.

Prime Minister will also launch the Intensified Mission Indradhanush, to accelerate progress towards the goal of full immunization coverage. The mission will provide greater focus on urban areas and other pockets of low immunization coverage.

The prime minister will also distribute e-tablets to health workers to mark the launch of ImTeCHO (Innovative mobile-phone Technology for Community Health Operations). ImTeCHO is aimed at improving the performance of community health workers ASHAs (Accredited Social Health Activists) through better supervision, support and motivation for increasing coverage of proven maternal, newborn and child health interventions among resource-poor settings in India.

The same afternoon, the prime minister will reach Bharuch and lay the foundation stone for Bhadbhut Barrage, to be built over the Narmada River. He will also flag off the Antyodaya Express between Udhna (Surat, Gujarat), and Jaynagar (Bihar). Mr Modi will also unveil plaques to mark the laying of foundation stone, and the inauguration of various plants of Gujarat Narmada Fertilizer Corporation. He will also address a public meeting there before returning to Delhi.