PM in Gujarat Day 2: Modi Inaugurates Developmental Projects Worth Rs 1,450 Crore in Jamnagar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated developmental projects of irrigation, power supply, urban infrastructure worth Rs 1,450 crore in Jamnagar. Modi is currently on a 3-day visit to his home state Gujarat where he will inaugurate and lay foundation stone for several development projects.

Earlier today,  Modi said ‘Urban Naxals’ were trying to gain entry into Gujarat by changing their appearance, but the state will destroy them. The PM was speaking after laying the foundation stone of the country’s first bulk drug park in Gujarat’s Bharuch district. The project will play a key role in ensuring import substitution and make India self-reliant for bulk drugs, which accounted for more than 60 per cent of the total pharmaceutical imports in 2021-22, as per a government release.

On the first day of his visit, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone and dedicated various projects worth over Rs 3900 crore to the nation in Modhera, Mehsana. He also declared the village of Modhera as India’s first 24×7 solar-powered village.

PM Modi, during his address, highlighted the mantra of his government–‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas aur Sabka Prayas’ and said it is the foundation of the double-engine government in Gujarat where the Assembly elections will be held later this year.

Here are the top updates related to the second day of Prime Minister’s Gujarat trip:

• In a veiled attack on Pandit Nehru, PM Modi said Sardar Patel resolved issues of merger of other princely states, but one person could not resolve the Kashmir issue.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday warned Bharatiya Janata Party workers against the Congress’s “silent” campaigning in Gujarat and said the ruling BJP will have to slightly modify its poll strategy to counter what he termed “conspiracy” of the opposition party.
• PM Modi said ‘Urban Naxals’ were trying to gain entry into Gujarat by changing their appearance, but the state will not allow them to destroy the lives of youth.
• e should warn our children against the Urban Naxals who have taken up the task of destroying the country. They are agents of foreign powers. Gujarat will not bow down its head against them, Gujarat will destroy them, he said in a veiled attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
• Modi also said when he took over as the prime minister in 2014, the Indian economy was ranked 10th in the world, and it has now come to the fifth position.
• The Prime Minister dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone of projects worth over Rs 8000 crore in Amod, Bharuch.
• He also laid the foundation stone of Bulk Drug Park at Jambusar, yet another step to make India aatmanirbhar in the pharmaceutical sector.
• The Prime Minister will perform the ground breaking ceremony for the development of multiple industrial parks. These include four Tribal Industrial Parks which will come up in Valia (Bharuch), Amirgadh (Banaskantha), Chakaliya (Dahod) and Vanar (Chhota Udaipur); Agro Food Park at Mudetha (Banaskantha); Sea Food Park at Kakwadi Danti (Valsad); and MSME Park at Khandivav (Mahisagar).
• The Prime Minister will dedicate several projects which will give a boost to the chemicals sector in Bharuch.
• In the afternoon, the Prime Minister will inaugurate Modi Shaikshanik Sankul in Ahmedabad. Phase 1 of Modi Shaikshanik Sankul, an educational complex for needy students will help provide facilities to students for holistic development.
• PM Modi also will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth around Rs 1450 crore in Jamnagar. These projects relate to irrigation, power, water supply and urban infrastructure.

Read all the Latest News India and Breaking News here