Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy CM Nitin Patel received him.

Modi will launch different projects in Ghogha, Dahej and Vadodara today.   He will inaugurate Phase 1 of the RO-RO (Roll on, Roll off) ferry service between Ghogha and Dahej.

The PM will also travel by the newly-inaugurated ferry. After the maiden journey, he will address a gathering at Dahej.

The seven to eight hours of travel time between Ghogha in Saurashtra, and Dahej in South Gujarat will reduce to one hour after the ferry service begins.

At the public meeting there, the prime minister will also inaugurate the Sarvottam Cattle Feed Plant of Shree Bhavnagar District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd.

Modi will then head to Vadodara, where he will dedicate the Vadodara City Command Control Centre, the Waghodiya Regional Water Supply Scheme, and the New Head Office Building of the Bank of Baroda to the nation at a public meeting.

The PM will hand over the residences to beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (urban, as well as rural).

Prime Minister Modi will also lay the foundation stones of several infrastructure and development projects, including capacity expansion of Mundra-Delhi petroleum product pipeline, green-field marketing terminal project of the HPCL, an integrated transport hub, regional water supply schemes, housing projects, and a flyover.  -- ANI

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