PM Modi dedicates two railway projects worth over Rs 2900 crores in Ahmedabad
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that with the conversion of the 300 km long rail line from Asarwa to Udaipur into broad gauge, the tribal areas of Gujarat and Rajasthan will be connected to Delhi and North India. Addressing the gathering after dedicating, two railway projects to the nation worth over 2900 crores Rupees at Asarva, Ahmedabad the Prime Minister said now, direct rail connectivity has also been established between the tourist places of Kutch and the tourist places of Udaipur. This will give a big boost to the tourist places of Kutch, Udaipur, Chittorgarh, and Nathdwara. He noted that traders in the region will also get the benefit of connecting directly to big industrial centres like Delhi, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad. “Especially, the tiles industry of Himatnagar will get a lot of help. The Prime Minister highlighted that the entire route has been rejuvenated and the meter gauge line from Asarwa to Udaipur via Himmatnagar has been converted into a broad gauge. He also informed that this part of Gujarat will now be connected directly with the neighbouring state of Rajasthan as well as the whole country. The gauge conversion work done between Lunidhar-Jetalsar will also ease rail connectivity in this area and trains originating from here will be able to go to any part of the country.The Prime Minister said the conversion of this railway line to broad gauge has also made an alternate route available for Ahmedabad and Delhi. He said similarly, with the conversion of Lunidhar-Jetalsar rail line to broad gauge, the Dhasa-Jetalsar section is now fully converted into a broad gauge as well. This rail line passes through Botad, Amreli, and Rajkot districts which till now have had limited rail connectivity. With the completion of this line, people of Bhavnagar and Amreli region will now get the benefit of direct connectivity to Somnath and Porbandar, the Prime Minister informed.
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