PM Narendra Modi on 2-day visit to Gujarat from August 27 | Ahmedabad News – Times of India

AHMEDABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to be on a 2-day visit to Gujarat, beginning August 27 during which he is expected to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for various developmental projects and attend various programmes.
On Saturday, the PM will address Khadi Utsav at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad. Later on Sunday morning, he will be inaugurating the Smriti Van Memorial in Bhuj. Later around noon, he will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate various developmental projects at Bhuj.
The same day evening, the PM will address a programme that commemorates 40 years of Japanese auto major, Suzuki Motor Corporation in India.
As part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, ‘Khadi Utsav’ is being organised to pay tribute to khadi and its importance during the freedom struggle. The Utsav will be organised at Sabarmati Riverfront, Ahmedabad and will witness 7,500 women khadi artisans from various districts of Gujarat spinning charkha live at the same time and at the same place.
The Prime Minister will inaugurate the ‘Smriti Van Memorial’ in Bhuj district. It has been built in an area of around 470 acre to celebrate the spirit of resilience shown by the people after the death of around 13,000 people who had lost their lives during the 2001 earthquake which had its epicentre in Bhuj. The Memorial carries names of the people who had lost their lives during the earthquake.
The Prime Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for projects worth around Rs 4,400 crore in Bhuj.
In Gandhinagar, the PM will address a programme marking the commemoration of 40 years of Suzuki in India.
During the event, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stones of two key projects of the Suzuki group in India – the Suzuki Motor Gujarat Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing Facility at Hansalpur, Gujarat and Maruti Suzuki’s upcoming vehicle manufacturing facility in Kharkhoda, Haryana. The Suzuki Motor Gujarat Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing Facility at Hansalpur, Gujarat will be set-up with an investment of around Rs 7,300 crores to manufacture Advance Chemistry Cell batteries for Electric Vehicles. The vehicle manufacturing facility in Kharkhoda, Haryana will have the potential to manufacture 10 lakh passenger vehicles per year, making it one of the largest passenger vehicle manufacturing facilities at a single site in the world. The first phase of the project will be set up with an investment of over Rs 11,000 crore.