For the third time in this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit poll-bound Gujarat today. He will inaugurate a number of projects in Bhavnagar and Vadodara districts. Modi will launch the first phase of the Rs 615 crore roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) ferry service between Ghogha in Bhavnagar district and Dahej in Bharuch in the Gulf of Cambay.
The Prime Minister had called the ferry service his “dream project” while addressing a gathering at Gandhinagar. He will address a gathering in Ghogha and undertake a journey to Dahej from Ghogha on the ferry. From Dahej, he will leave for Vadodara, where he is scheduled to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for projects worth over Rs 1,140 crore.
Vadodara municipal commissioner Vinod Rao said Modi will dedicate to people a Rs 100 crore city command and control center in Badamadi Garden, Rs 125-crore Janmahal city transport hub and multi-level parking (under PPP), a Rs 160 crore multi-modal city transport hub and Rs 267 crore waste-to-energy processing plant.
The other projects slated for launch are a Rs 166 crore water treatment plant, two flyovers collectively worth Rs 265 crore, a Rs 55 crore deer safari park, and a Rs 6 crore veterinary hospital.
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