PM Modi to launch Rs 14,400-crore projects in Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on Friday to launch and lay the foundation stones for sweeping development projects valued at over Rs 14,400 crore in Banaskantha district and to celebrate the 151st birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

PM Modi will also release around Rs 19,000 crore as the 24th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme.

In Banaskantha, the Prime Minister will dedicate the Bharat Bovine Breeding and Research Centre (BBBRC) at Bhildi to the nation.

Spread over 127 acres, the facility is designed to strengthen bovine breeding, genetic improvement and advanced reproductive technologies.

He will also lay the foundation stones



for two Bio-CNG plants of Banas Dairy at Tharad and Radhanpur, with capacities to process 75 metric tonnes and 100 metric tonnes of cattle dung per day, respectively.

Among the major infrastructure projects, PM Modi will lay the foundation stone for the extension of Ahmedabad Metro Phase-2 to the airport and GIFT City.

In the social infrastructure sector, PM Modi will lay the foundation stone for 4,030 new child-friendly Anganwadi centres and inaugurate 361 completed centres across Gujarat.

The initiative involves an investment of Rs 800 crore and is expected to benefit more than four lakh people.

PM Modi will dedicate 521 projects completed under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund to the nation.