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Modi in Gujarat LIVE: Need to end digital divide in India, PM says in Gandhinagar

After reaching election-bound Gujarat on a two-day tour of the state, PM Narendra Modi today offered prayers at the famous Dwarkadheesh temple. Later in the day, he laid the foundation stone of the green field airport in Rajkot.

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Narendra Modi addressing a rally in Gujarat's Dwarka. Photo: ANI.
Narendra Modi addressing a rally in Gujarat's Dwarka. Photo: ANI.
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New Delhi,Ahmedabad,UPDATED: Oct 7, 2017 19:26 IST

After reaching election-bound Gujarat on a two-day tour of the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today offered prayers at the famous Dwarkadheesh temple and said that development projects in Dwarka will boost tourism here.

Modi reached Jamnagar this morning. This is the second visit of the PM to Gujarat in less than a month. Narendra Modi was in Gujarat on September 17 to inaugurate the the Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada river.

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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi also visited the Dwarkadheesh temple recently as he kicked off his election campaign in Gujarat. The state will go polls by the end of this year.

At Dwarka, Narendra Modi also laid the foundation stone of the for four-lane cable stayed signature bridge between Okha and Beyt Dwarka, which will be built at a cost of Rs 962.42 crore. He will also inaugurate a number of projects during his visit to his home state.

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  • We made aviation affordable and within reach of the lesser privileged, says PM Modi in Rajkot.
  • Once, setting up hand-pumps used to be govt's achievement. Today there's a govt which has supplied Narmada's water to villages.
  • There was no aviation policy post independence. We made those policies & took responsibility to connect smallest of places by air: PM Modi in Rajkot.
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  • The world's attention is being drawn to India. People are coming here to invest. All this will bring opportunities for the people of India. I see Gujarat contributing actively to the development of India and congratulate the Gujarat government.
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  • Marine policing is a sector we are looking at very closely. We are modernising marine security apparatus. An institute for this will be set up in this Devbhoomi of Dwarka. It will draw people and experts from all over India.
  • Government of India is taking steps towards the empowerment of fishermen. We do not want our fishermen to live in poverty, we want to create more opportunities for them. We want development of ports. The blue economy should help further the progress of India.
  • Kandla Port is seeing unprecedented growth. This is because we devoted resources to improve the port. A new lease of life was added to Alang, steps were taken for the welfare of the labourers working there. These are steps we are taking towards development.
  • Lives of the fishing community will improve and grow. Fishing community will then be able to go into deep sea. To make lives of our fishermen better, we have to empower them. Government will give them loans on less interest, so that they can buy bigger boats.
  • Need to empower the poor in Gujarat. The bridge in Dwarka will help the poor.
  • A developed Dwarka will make tourists want to stay here.
  • We are taking steps to ensure greater income for our farmers.
  • Development projects in Dwarka will boost tourism, says Modi. Building of infrastructure should enhance economic activities and add to the atmosphere of development.
  • I am here to boost the ordinary lives of Dwarka residents.
  • Previous governments did nothing to develop Dwarka.
  • The bridge will boost development in Dwarka.
  • PM Modi addresses at foundation stone laying ceremony of bridge between Okha and Bet Dwar.
PM NARENDRA MODI IN GUJARAT: THINGS TO KNOW
  1. Other projects for which foundation stone will be laid include four-laning of 116.24 kms of Porbandar-Dwarka section of NH-51 and four-laning of 93.56 km of Gadu-Porbandar section of NH-51. He will also address a public meeting after laying down foundation stone.
  2. From Dwarka, Narendra Modi will go to Hirasar in Rajkot district where he will lay foundation stone for a greenfield airport, 20 kms from Rajkot city. He will also lay foundation stone in Chotila for six-laning of 201-km Ahmedabad-Rajkot section of NH-47 at a cost of Rs 2,893 crore.
  3. Narendra Modi will also dedicate a fully automatic milk processing and packaging plant and a drinking water distribution pipeline for Joravarnagar and Ratanpur area of Surendranagar, a PMO statement said in Delhi. He will address a public meeting there too.
  4. Narendra Modi will then proceed to Gandhinagar where he will dedicate the newly-constructed building of IIT Gandhinagar, and launch the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA).
  5. The PMGDISHA is aimed at imparting digital literacy to citizens in rural areas, the PMO said, adding it will provide access to information, knowledge, education, and healthcare. It will create avenues for livelihood generation and financial inclusion through digital payments, the statement said.
  6. On Sunday morning, he will visit Vadnagar, his birthplace in Mehasana district where he grew up. This will be Narendra Modi's first visit to Vadnagar since he became the prime minister in 2014.
  7. Narendra Modi will then inaugurate a medical college and hospital having total bed capacity of 650. He will also launch the Intensified Mission Indradhanush, to accelerate progress towards the goal of full immunization coverage. The mission will provide greater focus on urban areas and other pockets of low immunization coverage, the statement said.
  8. The prime minister will also distribute e-tablets to health workers to mark the launch of ImTeCHO (Innovative mobile-phone Technology for Community Health Operations).
  9. The ImTeCHO is aimed at improving the performance of community health workers ASHAs (Accredited Social Health Activists) through better supervision, support and motivation for increasing coverage of proven maternal, newborn and child health interventions among resource-poor settings in India.
  10. The same afternoon, the prime minister will reach Bharuch and lay the foundation stone for Bhadbhut Barrage, to be built over the Narmada River, the statement said. He will flag off the Antyodaya Express between Udhna (Surat, Gujarat), and Jaynagar (Bihar).
  11. Narendra Modi will also unveil plaques to mark the laying of foundation stone, and inauguration of various plants of Gujarat Narmada Fertilizer Corporation. He will also address a public meeting tat Bharuch before returning to Delhi.
  12. Meanwhile, there is excitement in Modi's ancestral village over his first visit as the PM. There is a lot of excitement in Vadnagar as well as nearby villages such as Badarpur and Molipur over the visit, the prime minister's elder brother Somabhai Modi said.
  13. Ahead of the prime minister's visit, the administration here is busy working on roads and ensuring cleanliness. Fire engines have also been deployed inside the railway station for cleaning of trees on its premises.
  14. Somabhai Modi said that his father had built a house in Vadnagar in 1949 but it was destroyed in the 2001 earthquake, following which they sold the land. He said the family has constructed a shelter home for the elderly in the village.
  15. The prime minister's school teacher, Dr Prahlad Patel, said he hopes to meet Narendra Modi who writes letters to him occasionally. There will be an exhibition of photos at the canteen of the local railway station where the prime minister's father used to prepare tea. Narendra Modi in his childhood would often help his father and paternal uncle, and also deliver tea to train passengers.

(With PTI inputs)

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