PM Modi meets his former school teacher in Gujarat's Navsari

PM Modi on Friday met his former school teacher from Vadnagar in Gujarat's Navsari.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met his former school teacher from Vadnagar in Gujarat's Navsari.

PM Modi is on a one-day visit to Gujarat. During his visit, he will inaugurate several projects.

PM Modi will participate in the 'Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan' and inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of development initiatives worth about Rs 3,050 crore at Khudvel, a tribal region in Navsari.

This includes the inauguration of seven projects, foundation ceremonies of 12 projects and Bhumi Pujan of 14 projects. These projects will help in improving the water supply in the region, along with boosting connectivity and enhancing the ease of living.

The PM will also perform the Bhumi Pujan for 13 water supply projects worth Rs 961 crores for Tapi, Navsari and Surat districts. He will also perform Bhumi Pujan of a Medical College in Navsari district, to be built at the cost of about Rs 542 crores, which will help provide affordable and quality medical care to the people of the region.

The PM will inaugurate the Madhuban dam based Astol regional water supply project, built at the cost of about ?586 crores, besides 'Nal Se Jal' projects worth ?163 crores. These projects will provide water to Surat, Navsari, Valsad and Tapi districts.

The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Virpur Vyara substation, constructed at a cost of over Rs 85 crores to provide electricity to residents of the Tapi district. A sewage treatment plant with a capacity of 14 MLD, worth Rs 20 crores, will also be inaugurated in Vapi city of Valsad district to facilitate wastewater treatment.