Prime Minister Modi to Launch ₹14,000 Crore Development Projects in Gujarat

Gujarat, October 30 (Daily Kiran) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will commence a two-day visit to Gujarat on Friday. He is set to participate in various events in Banaskantha and Ekta Nagar, where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation for development projects worth thousands of crores. Additionally, he will release approximately ₹19,000 crore as the 24th installment of the PM-Kisan scheme.

According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Modi will visit an embryo transfer technology and in-vitro fertilization (ET-IVF) laboratory and the India Bovine Breeding and Research Center (BRC) cattle farm in Banaskantha around 9:30 AM on Friday. He will then lay the foundation stone and inaugurate various development projects exceeding ₹14,000 crore at approximately 10:30 AM.

Following this, the Prime Minister will travel to Ekta Nagar, where he will inaugurate the Bharat Parv 2026 at around 5 PM. He is also expected to participate in the Ekta Prakash Parv celebration at around 7:45 PM, followed by a Narmada Aarti at approximately 8:15 PM.

On October 31, Modi will pay tribute at the Statue of Unity at around 9 AM. He will then lay the foundation stone and inaugurate development projects worth over ₹400 crore in Ekta Nagar shortly after. The Prime Minister will also tour the Rainforest and Vaman Tree Garden in the area. In the evening, he will attend the National Unity Day ceremony to commemorate the 151st birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

During his visit, Modi will dedicate the BRC in Bhildi, Banaskantha to the nation. Spanning 127 acres, this facility aims to enhance cattle breeding and genetic improvement, accelerating breed enhancement by 10 to 20 times. It will be the first facility of its kind in the country dedicated to the Kankrej cattle breed.

He will also lay the foundation for two bio-CNG plants at Banasa Dairy in Tharad and Radhanpur, which will process 75 metric tons and 100 metric tons of cattle waste per day, respectively.

Modi will initiate the Ahmedabad Metro Phase-2A (airport extension) and Phase-2B (GIFT City extension) projects. Phase-2A will span over 6 km, featuring five stations from Koteswar Road to the airport, while Phase-2B will cover more than 3.3 km, connecting GIFT City to Shahpur with three stations.

The Prime Minister will also lay the groundwork for upgrading the Ahmedabad-Mehsana highway (State Highway-41) from four lanes to eight lanes, a project costing approximately ₹2,600 crore. This upgrade aims to make travel between Ahmedabad and northern Gujarat faster, safer, and more comfortable.

Additionally, he will establish 4,030 new child-friendly Anganwadi centers and inaugurate 361 completed centers in Gujarat. With an investment of ₹800 crore, this initiative is expected to benefit over 400,000 people. Modi will also dedicate 521 projects completed under the Agricultural Infrastructure Fund, which incurred a total project cost of around ₹4,950 crore. These projects include cold storage facilities, cold chains, warehouses, silos, polyhouses, greenhouses, and integrated processing facilities.

The Prime Minister will inaugurate an expanded potato processing plant in Sundar and launch an automated storage and retrieval system for ultra-high-temperature (UHT) products in Palanpur. He will also flag off the Ahmedabad (Sabarwati)-Varanasi Express and Mehsana-Becharaji-Sabarmati MEMU train services to strengthen rail connectivity.

In a significant move to provide ongoing financial support to farmers across the country, Modi will release the 24th installment of ₹19,000 crore under the PM-Kisan scheme. He will also initiate ground activities under 12 approved horticulture groups, benefiting over 130,000 farmers across approximately 1.46 lakh hectares, with a focus on potato cultivation in two clusters in northern Gujarat.