Prime Minister Modi's 72 Hours in Gujarat to be packed with unveiling of projects

With Assembly elections a few months away, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a three-day visit to Gujarat starting April 18 during which he will lay foundation stones of a WHO global Centre for traditional medicine in Jamnagar and a greenfield dairy complex in Banaskantha.

Modi will initiate a slew of development projects during the visit and participate in a programme for tribal welfare at Dahod.

On April 19, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) at Jamnagar, in the presence of Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO). GCTM will be the first and only global outpost Centre for traditional medicine across the world.


The Prime Minister will also dedicate to the nation a new dairy complex and potato processing plant at Diyodar in Banaskantha district which has been built at a cost of over '600 crore.

Modi will also inaugurate the Banas Community Radio Station.

Modi will dedicate to the nation the expanded facilities for production of cheese products and whey powder at the Banas dairy plant in Palanpur. Also, the Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation, Organic Manure and Biogas plant established at Dama, Gujarat. He will also lay the foundation stone of four gobar gas plants of 100 tonnes capacity to be established at Khimana, Ratanpura - Bhildi, Radhanpur and Thawar.

Soon after his arrival on Monday, the PM will visit the Command and Control Centre for schools in Gandhinagar which collects over 500 crore data sets annually and analyzes them meaningfully using big data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, in order to enhance overall learning outcomes for students.

Other engagements include the inauguration of a three-day Global AYUSH Investment and Innovation Summit. Modi will attend the Adijati Maha Sammelan in Dahod on April 20, where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects worth around Rs 22,000 crore.

The Prime Minister will inaugurate projects worth over Rs 1,400 crore. He will inaugurate Dahod District Southern Area Regional Water Supply Scheme, constructed on Narmada River Basin, worth around Rs 840 crore.

The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone for manufacturing of 9000 HP Electric Locomotives at the Production Unit in Dahod. The cost of the project is around Rs 20,000 Crore.