R ARIVANANTHAM
GANDHINAGAR, OCT 25
Ahead of Diwali and New Year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on Monday, 28th October. During his visit, he will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for development projects worth more than ₹4,800 crore in Amreli district, including around 1,600 development projects across Amreli, Jamnagar, Morbi, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Junagadh, Porbandar, Kutch, and Botad districts.
The Prime Minister will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for water supply department projects worth ₹705 crore. This includes inauguration of the Bharatmata Sarovar, built at a cost of ₹35 crore, on the Gagadio river in Amreli district. Along with this, he will also inaugurate 1,000 projects of pit recharge, bore recharge and well recharge and inaugurate 590 projects worth ₹20 crore under Water Resource Department.
- PM Modi to inaugurate and lay foundation stones of projects worth over ₹4,800 cr in Amreli on Oct 28th
- Inauguration and foundation stones will be laid for various water supply projects worth ₹705 crore
- The Prime Minister will inaugurate the Bharatmata Sarovar on the Gagadio river in Amreli district
- NHAI will see the inauguration and foundation of development projects worth over ₹2,800 crore
- The Bhuj-Naliya railway gauge conversion project, completed at a cost of ₹1,094 crore, will also be inaugurated
The Prime Minister will inaugurate various projects of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) worth over ₹2,800 crore. In addition, the Bhuj-Naliya gauge conversion project will also be launched under the Railway Department at a cost of ₹1,094 crore.
Inauguration and completion of various development projects of Water Supply Department
On 28 October, the Prime Minister will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for water supply department projects worth ₹705 crore, including ₹112 crore for new projects and ₹644 crore for completed projects. Among these projects are the inauguration of the Navda to Chavand bulk pipeline for Botad district and the foundation stone for the Pasavi Group Augmentation Water Supply Scheme Phase 2 in Bhavnagar district.
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The completion of the Navda to Chavand bulk pipeline project will provide an additional 28 crore liters of water to 1,298 villages and 36 towns in Botad, Amreli, Junagadh, Rajkot, and Porbandar districts, benefiting around 6.7 million people. Meanwhile, in Bhavnagar district, the water schemes will benefit 95 villages in Mahuva, Talaja, and Palitana talukas, covering a population of around 2.75 lakh.
Inauguration of Bharatmata Sarovar, built at a cost of ₹35 crore
Under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, the Gujarat Government and Dholakia Foundation have constructed Bharatmata Sarovar at a cost of ₹35 crore near Het Ni Haveli in Dudhala, Lathi. A check dam under the Watershed Department, with a storage capacity of 4.50 crore liters, has been deepened and widened, increasing its capacity by 20 crore liters, now named Bharatmata Sarovar, storing 24.50 crore liters of water. This has increased groundwater levels, providing indirect irrigation benefits to nearby villages.
Inauguration and foundation of various NHAI projects worth over ₹2,800 crore
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for various NHAI projects worth ₹2,811 crore, including the inauguration of four projects worth ₹2,185 crore and the foundation of a project worth ₹626 crore.
The four NHAI projects being inaugurated include the four-laning of the Dhrol-Bhadra-Patiya sections of NH 151A at a cost of ₹768 crore, the four-laning of the Dwarka-Khambhaliya-Devariya sections of NH 151A at a cost of ₹1,025 crore, and others. The foundation stone will be laid for a four-laning project from Dhrol Bypass in Jamnagar district to Amran in Morbi district, costing ₹626 crore.
Inauguration of Bhuj-Naliya gauge conversion project at a cost of ₹1,094 crore
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the Bhuj-Naliya gauge conversion project to the nation on 28th October. The project, costing ₹1,094 crore, includes 24 major and 254 minor bridges, along with 3 road overbridges and 30 road underbridges, accelerating socio-economic development in Kutch district.
Additionally, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for ₹200 crore worth of tourism-related projects, including a world-class sustainable eco-tourism development at the Karli Recharge Reservoir in Mokarsagar, Porbandar district. Thus, ahead of Diwali and the Gujarati New Year, the Prime Minister is bringing a host of development gifts to Gujarat.
