Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple development initiatives over three thousand crore rupees in Gujarat. This includes the inauguration of seven projects, foundation stone laying for 12 projects and Bhumi Pujan for 14 projects. Addressing the gathering during ‘Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan’ at Khudvel, a tribal region in Navsari, Prime Minister said, these projects will bring ease of living to Surat, Navsari, Valsad and Tapi districts of South Gujarat. He said, these projects will help in improving the water supply in the region, along with boosting connectivity and enhancing the ease of living.
Mr Modi said, continuous welfare and projects of development have been part of his governance style for long and these projects are aimed for the welfare of people and Garib Kalyan and are way beyond any electoral consideration. He said that children of the tribal communities should get all the possible opportunities and noted their qualities of cleanliness, wisdom, organization and discipline. Education in the mother tongue, even for technical courses like medical and engineering, will open chances for OBC, tribal children, he said.
Mr. Modi said the pride of Gujarat is the rapid and inclusive development in the last two decades and a new aspiration born out of this development. The Prime Minister said in the last eight years, following the Mantra of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’, his government has laid the utmost emphasis on the welfare of the poor, on providing basic facilities to the poor. He said, the government has embarked upon the programme of 100 per cent empowerment of the poor through saturation of the welfare schemes. Mr. Modi said, the government has succeeded in linking many new segments of people and regions with the development process and aspirations. The Prime Minister said, lives are changing through infrastructure, education, business, connectivity related schemes in the most far-flung areas.