PM to visit Guj on Aug 23
NEW DELHI: After a succinct break Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his home turf Gujarat on August 23. Earlier, it was scheduled on July 20, but got postponed due to a floodlike situation in the state.
During his a day visit, the Prime Minister will inaugurate several developmental projects, PM office confirms. Modi will address a gathering in the Valsad district of Gujarat in the morning, following a programme of collective e-gruhpravesh of beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) - a flagship scheme of the Union Government which envisions “Housing for All” at Jujwa village. Beneficiaries of across 26 districts will celebrate collective Gruh-pravesh, where at Valsad, beneficiaries from five districts of South Gujarat - Valsad, Navsari, Tapi, Surat and Dangs will gather. At the remaining districts, collective Gruh-pravesh will be celebrated at the block level. They will be connected through a video link to the main event in Valsad.
A total of more than 2 lakh people are expected to be connected with the event. More than one lakh houses have been completed across the state.
At the same platform, PM Modi will also distribute certificates and employment letters to select beneficiaries under various development schemes, including Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushal Vikas Yojana, Mukhya Mantri Gramodaya Yojana and National Rural Livelihood Mission. Appointment letters and mini-atms will also be distributed to women bank correspondents.
The Prime Minister is further scheduled to deliver the Convocation Address of the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, at Gandhinagar. Later, he will attend a meeting of the Somnath Trust in Gandhinagar, following the inauguration of 13 developmental projects at Junagadh. The meeting of the Shree Somnath Trust - the PM is one of the seven trustees - will be held at the Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar.
Inauguration of a government Civil Hospital are among these projects of Junagadh Municipal Corporation, and a milk processing plant at Khokharda will also be inaugurated by PM Modi on the same day.