Celebrating his 67th birthday on 17 September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river, saying no other project in the world has faced so many hurdles as this “engineering miracle” which many people had “conspired to stop”.
Addressing a rally 55 kms from the dam site in Dabhoi town of Vadodara district, the Prime Minister said, “Sardar Sarovar will become a symbol of India's new and emerging power and propel growth in the region ... the project is an engineering miracle.”
He also promised a museum in memory of the tribal freedom fighters who lay their lives down in the independence struggle.
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PM Modi Addresses the Sahakar Sammelan in Amerli
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon farmers to launch ‘sweet revolution’ and ‘blue revolution’ by taking up honey bee farming and optimising use of waterways for transportation.
After inaugurating the Amreli Agriculture Produce Market Committee’s new marketing yard in this Saurashtra town, Modi appealed to farmers to adopt modern practices such as drip irrigation and solar power to improve income, and pledged his government's support.
After green and white revolutions, now it is time for ‘blue revolution’ and ‘sweet revolution’. These two revolutions have the potential to transform the lives of people of Saurashtra.
Modi Inaugurates APMC Market Yard in Amreli
PM Modi inaugurated the Agricultural Products Marketing Committee (APMC) Market yard in Gujarat’s Amreli.
Digital Museum in Memory of Adivasi Freedom Fighters: PM Modi
Invoking the memory of the Adivasi tribals who had laid down their lives during India’s struggle for freedom, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the government would build digital museums as a “tribute to their bravery.”
Some say that only a handful of people died fighting for the freedom of our nation, but it seems they’ve forgotten history. Many Adivasis came to the front and even laid down their lives for our country, despite British executing hundreds of their fighters. We want to build digital museums to pay tribute to their bravery.Prime Minister Narendra Modi
'Work Towards New India by 2022'
Addressing a rally at Gujarat’s Dabhoi, PM Modi urged the nation to strive towards a ‘New India’ by 2022, to mark the 75th year of Independence.
Let us leave no stone unturned in creating a ‘New India’ by 2022, when we mark 75 years of India’s freedom.
Citing Sardar Vallabhai Patel and Dr Ambedkar, Modi said that the two leaders gave importance to waterways and irrigation during their stint as Ministers.
He also termed the newly-inaugurated Sardar Sarovar Dam as an “engineering miracle”, which will benefit the farmers of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
He thanked the temples in Gujarat for contributing towards the construction of the dam, at a time when the World Bank had denied funding the project.