Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat today. At around 10:00 a.m., the President of the Government will inaugurate, jointly with the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, the Tata Aircraft Complex for the manufacture of the C-295 aircraft in the Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) complex. Before the inauguration of TASL, Sánchez will participate in a road show with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. There will also be cultural programs en route during the 2.5 kilometer journey from the airport to the Tata facility.
Later, around 11 am, he will proceed to the Lakshmi Vilas Palace in Vadodara, where he will hold a bilateral meeting organized by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). According to the program shared by the Ministry of External Affairs, both the prime minister and the delegation will have lunch together at 12 noon.
From Vadodara, the Prime Minister will proceed to Amreli, where around 2.45 pm he will inaugurate Bharat Mata Sarovar at Dudhala in Amreli. After this, around 3 pm, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects costing over Rs 4,800 crore in Lathi, Amreli.
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Prime Minister in Vadodara
The President of the Government, together with the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, will jointly inaugurate the Tata Aircraft Complex for the manufacturing of the C-295 aircraft on the Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) campus. There are a total of 56 aircraft under the C-295 programme, of which 16 will be delivered directly by Airbus from Spain and the remaining 40 will be manufactured in India.
Tata Advanced Systems Limited is responsible for manufacturing these 40 aircraft in India. This facility will be the first private sector final assembly line (FAL) for military aircraft in India. This involves creating a complete ecosystem from manufacturing to assembly, testing and qualification, delivery and maintenance throughout the entire aircraft lifecycle.
Besides Tata, leading defense public sector units such as Bharat Electronics Limited and Bharat Dynamics Limited as well as private micro, small and medium enterprises will contribute to the programme. Earlier in October 2022, the Prime Minister had laid the foundation stone of the Vadodara Final Assembly Line (FAL).
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The Prime Minister’s program in Amreli is like this
The Prime Minister will inaugurate Bharat Mata Sarovar at Dudhala in Amreli. The project was developed through collaboration between the Government of Gujarat and the Dholakia Foundation under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. The Dholakia Foundation upgraded a check dam, which could originally hold 45 million liters of water, but after deepening, widening and strengthening it, its capacity increased to 245 million liters. This improvement has increased the water level in nearby wells and boreholes, which will help local villages and farmers by providing better irrigation.
During a public function, Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth around Rs 4,900 crore in Amreli, Gujarat. These projects will benefit the people of Amreli, Jamnagar, Morbi, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Junagadh, Porbandar, Kutch and Botad districts of the state.
