NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, OCT 20
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate three projects in Gujarat on Saturday, October 24 through video conferencing from Delhi, officials said on Tuesday.
સુરત ખાતે સહારા દરવાજાથી કુંભારીયા બી.આર.ટી.એસ. કોરિડોરનું કડોદરા સુધી વિસ્તૃતીકરણનું લોકાર્પણ. pic.twitter.com/MKLt9R2sG2
— Vijay Rupani (Modi Ka Parivar) (@vijayrupanibjp) October 20, 2020
The projects comprise the Girnar ropeway in Junagadh, a new hospital building in Ahmedabad, and the launch of Kisan Sarvoday Yojana to provide day-time electricity to farmers, said Gujarat Chief Secretary Anil Mukim.
“ ઇઝ ઓફ લિવિંગ “ એટલે…
લોકોને રહેવાલાયક, માણવાલાયક, જીવવાલાયક શહેરો બને. pic.twitter.com/BF2BhJ1RB0— Vijay Rupani (Modi Ka Parivar) (@vijayrupanibjp) October 20, 2020
“The PM would launch these projects virtually from Delhi on October 24. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani would remain present at Junagadh while Deputy CM Nitin Patel will be at Ahmedabad,” Mukim said.
The recently completed ropeway on Mount Girnar near Junagadh city of Saurashtra region covers a distance of 2.13 kilometres from the foot to the peak where the temple of Maa Amba is situated.
CM Shri @vijayrupanibjp today digitally inaugurated various development projects worth Rs.201.86 crore of @MySuratMySMC and SUDA including BRTS corridor expansion, garden, health cenrre, smart anganwadi as well as housing blocks prepared under PMAY and MMGY. pic.twitter.com/NdC80lTzRU
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) October 20, 2020
“The ropeway can ferry 800 passengers per hour. The project was originally conceived over two decades ago and was recently completed at a cost of Rs 130 crore. Each passenger trolley will take around eight minutes to cover the distance of 2.13 kilometres,” an official release said.
The second project, the Kisan Sarvoday Yojana, aims at providing electricity to farmers during the day for agriculture, said state Energy Minister Saurabh Patel.
Mahendrabhai, a farmer from Shihor village of Ahmedabad district, earns an annual profit of Rs. 7 lakh by availing the benefit of Gujarat Govt's 'Dudhala Pashu Swarojgar Yojana'. pic.twitter.com/mND5GMaDOc
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) October 20, 2020
At present, the department has created 153 groups of farmers having agriculture connections, with half the groups getting electricity during the night and the other half during the day, he said.
“Under this project, which would be completed in around three years, we will provide electricity to all of them during the day,” said Patel.
Tourists from all over the world will now flock here to enjoy the wonderful architectural heritage of Gujarat as CM Shri @vijayrupanibjp has announced the first Heritage Tourism Policy of the State by making a perfect combination of heritage and hospitality. pic.twitter.com/KLfET1OE55
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) October 19, 2020
Prime Minister Modi will also commission an 800-bed facility of U N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre (UNMICRC), popularly known as UN Mehta Heart Hospital, said officials.
The UNMICRC is a grant-in-aid autonomous institute promoted by the Government of Gujarat as a public trust.
