New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a three-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat starting today till November 1. During his visit, the PM will lay the foundation stone of C-295 manufacturing facility at Vadodara. The facility will be used for the manufacture of 40 C-295 aircraft for the Indian Air Force in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems Limited and Airbus Defence and Space, Spain, stated the press release by the Prime Minister’s Office. 


On October 31, the Prime Minister will visit Kevadia where he will participate in the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations at the Statue of Unity to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. 


The celebration will witness the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas Parade, which will include contingents of BSF and of five State Police Forces, one each from the Northern Zone (Haryana), Western Zone (Madhya Pradesh), Southern Zone (Telangana), Eastern Zone (Odisha) and North Eastern Zone (Tripura). Apart from the contingents, six Police Sports Medal winners of the Commonwealth Games 2022 will also participate in the Parade.


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Later, PM Modi will address the Officer Trainees of the 97th Common Foundation Course at the culmination of Aarambh 4.0. Afterwards, he will dedicate two new tourist attractions at Kevadia - Maze Garden and Miyawaki Forest.


From Kevadia, the PM will visit Tharad in Banaskantha where he will lay the foundation stone of several projects during a public programme, including the Kasara to Dantiwada Pipeline from the main Narmada Canal, costing over Rs. 1560 crores. 


Several projects will also be announced during the event including the strengthening of the Sujlam Suflam Canal, the extension of Modhera-Moti Dau pipeline to Mukteshwar Dam-Karmavat Lake, lift irrigation scheme for 11 villages of Santalpur Taluka, among others.


On November 1, Prime Minister will reach Rajasthan's Banswara district, where he will attend a public programme ‘Mangarh Dham ki Gaurav Gatha’. Thereafter, he will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects at Jambughoda in Panchmahal district of Gujarat.