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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated three key projects in Gujarat on October 24, 2020, through video conferencing. Modi launched the Kisan Suryodaya Yojana for providing 16 hours of power supply to the farmers. He also inaugurated the Paediatric Heart Hospital attached with U N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre, and a Mobile Application for tele-cardiology at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad. The Prime Minister also inaugurated the Ropeway at Girnar on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, the PM said that after the Sujalam-Suflam and Sauni scheme, the Kisan Suryodaya Yojana Gujarat has set a milestone in meeting the needs of the Gujarat Farmers. He said the work done in Gujarat for years in the field of electricity, has become the basis of this scheme.
The PM said in 2010 when the Solar Power Plant was inaugurated in Patan nobody could have imagined that India would show the world the path for One Sun, One World, One Grid. He appreciated the fact that India has now reached 5th position in the world in the last few years in solar power and is advancing fast, according to a PIB release.
On Kisan Suryodaya Yojana, Modi said that earlier most of the farmers got power for irrigation in the night only. In Girnar and Junagadh the farmers also face the problems of wild animals. Under the Kisan Suryodaya Yojana, the farmers will get 3 phase power supply from 5 am to 9 pm.
Under this scheme, about 3,500 circuit kilometers of new transmission lines will be laid in the next 2-3 years and will be implemented in more than a thousand villages most of them being in tribal dominated areas. The PM said it will change the lives of lakhs of farmers, when the entire Gujarat gets power supply through this scheme.
He listed the initiatives of the Government to double the income of the farmers like formation of thousands of FPOs, neem coating of urea, Soil Health Cards, and launching of many new initiatives. He said under KUSUM yojana, FPOs, Panchayats and all such organisations are assisted in setting up small solar plants on barren lands and the irrigation pumps of farmers are also connected to the solar energy. He added the electricity generated from this will be used by the farmers for their irrigation and they can sell the surplus power.
Modi remarked that along with power, Gujarat has done commendable work in the field of irrigation and drinking water also.He felt proud of the projects like Sardar Sarovar project and Water Grids which helped in water reaching the drought hit regions of Gujarat. He pointed out that 80 percent of the households in Gujarat have piped drinking water and very Soon Gujarat will be the state where every house will have piped drinking water.
Referring to the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center launched today, Modi said it is one of the few hospitals in the country that has a world class infrastructure and would be India’s largest cardiac hospital. He added that 21 lakh people of Gujarat have received free treatment under Ayushman Bharat scheme. More than 525 Jan Aushadi Kendras offering low cost medicine have been opened in Gujarat and out of this about Rs 100 crore have been used to save the common people of Gujarat.
The Prime Minister said Girnar mountain is the abode of Ma Ambe. It has Gorakhnath peak, Guru Dattatreya peak, and a Jain temple. He said with the inauguration of the world class Ropeway more and more devotees and tourists will come here. He said this would be the fourth rope way in Gujarat along with Banaskantha, Pavagadh, and Satpura.
The PM listed sites like Shivarajpur beach which has got blue flag certification and Statue of Unity which provides a lot of employment opportunities to the locals. He cited an example of Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad where nobody used to go but after renovation about 75 lakh people are annually visiting the Lake.