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Later, laying the foundation stones for a ~2,500-crore greenfield airport in Rajkot and the six-laning of the Ahmedabad-Rajkot National Highway later in the day, Modi stated that the definition of development had changed.

“The definition of development is changing. Earlier, a hand pump would be installed and a leader would use that for multiple elections. Things have changed now. We are bringing waters of the Narmada here, for the benefit of citizens,” Modi said at a public gathering in the pilgrimage town of Chotila.

Speaking about the Rajkot airport, Modi said that the government needed only 4 per cent of farmland for the airport, while the rest was barren land that had been acquired.

On Saturday, Modi also laid the foundation stone for the four-laning of the Rajkot-Morbi state highway, apart from launching a fully automatic milk processing and packaging plant and a drinking water distribution pipeline for the Joravarnagar and Ratanpur areas of Surendranagar.

The two- day visit to Gujarat will see Modi addressing about six public meetings at the launches of various schemes and projects at five places in three regions of the state.

Later in the day, Modi dedicated a new building of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar, to the nation.

Addressing students at IIT Gandhinagar, Modi said, “You are IIT-ians, I was a Tea-ian when I was young (I sold tea).”

Talking about digital literacy, Modi said that work was under way to spread it to every part of India, among all age groups and sections of society. “In this day and age, we cannot afford to have a digital divide,” he added.

On Sunday, Modi will visit his birthplace Vadnagar in north Gujarat to inaugurate a ~500 crore civil hospital and a medical college, apart from dedicating a redeveloped lake and facelift of the Vadnagar railway station.

Hoardings highlighting several achievements of Modi's three years as Prime Minister have been put up along the route, depicting his journey from Vadnagar to Varanasi.

Modi will also on Sunday lay the foundation stone of the ~1,200crore Devi Ni Mori International Buddhist complex near Shamlaji in Aravalli district, also in north Gujarat.

Later, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for the ~3,000- crore Bhadbhut barrage project over the river Narmada, as well as a ~650-crore Dahej-Ghogha Ro-Ro ferry service near Bharuch in south Gujarat, before flying off to New Delhi from Vadodara.