The Prime Minister will also release ₹19,000 crore under the 24th instalment of PM-KISAN, flag off two train services and attend Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin a two-day visit to Gujarat on Friday, during which he will launch development projects worth over ₹14,000 crore, release ₹19,000 crore under the 24th instalment of PM-KISAN and flag off two train services.
The Prime Minister will also inaugurate Bharat Parv 2026 at Ekta Nagar, participate in the Narmada Aarti and attend Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations marking the 151st birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
On Friday, Modi will visit the Embryo Transfer Technology-In Vitro Fertilisation Laboratory and the Bharat Bovine Breeding and Research Centre in Banaskantha.
He will then lay foundation stones, inaugurate and dedicate various development projects worth over ₹14,000 crore to the nation, besides releasing the PM-KISAN instalment and addressing a gathering.
On October 31, Modi will pay floral tributes at the Statue of Unity and inaugurate and lay foundation stones for projects worth over ₹400 crore in Ekta Nagar.
He will also visit the Rain Forest and Vaman Vriksha Vatika.
Among the major infrastructure projects is the Ahmedabad Metro expansion, for which Modi will lay the foundation stones of Phases 2A and 2B.
Phase 2A will cover over six kilometres, connecting Koteshwar Road to the airport through five stations, while Phase 2B will extend over 3.3 kilometres from GIFT City to Shahpur, covering three stations.
The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone for widening the Ahmedabad-Mehsana Road (State Highway-41) from four to eight lanes at a cost of around ₹2,600 crore.
The project is expected to improve connectivity between Ahmedabad and North Gujarat.
He will lay the foundation stones for 4,030 child-friendly Anganwadi centres and inaugurate 361 completed centres.
The ₹800-crore initiative is expected to benefit over four lakh people.
Modi will also dedicate 521 projects completed under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund at a cost of around ₹4,950 crore.
These include cold storage facilities, warehouses, silos, polyhouses, greenhouses and agricultural processing centres.
As part of the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations, Modi will inaugurate Bharat Parv 2026 at Ekta Nagar.
The festival will showcase the cultural traditions, folk performances, regional cuisines, handicrafts and tourist attractions of states and Union Territories.
The festival, which will continue until November 15, is expected to promote tourism in Ekta Nagar and surrounding areas.
