PM to inaugurate RO RO ferry service in Gujarat on Oct 22

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New Delhi : PM Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on October 22,  2017. At a public meeting at Ghogha, the Prime Minister will inaugurate Phase 1 of the RO RO (Roll on, Roll off) ferry service between Ghogha and Dahej. This ferry service will reduce the travel time between Ghogha in Saurashtra and Dahej in South Gujarat, from about seven or eight hours to just over an hour.

When fully operational, it will also enable movement of vehicles. On October 22, the Prime Minister will inaugurate Phase 1, which is passenger movement. The Prime Minister will travel in the maiden voyage of this service from Ghogha to Dahej. The Prime Minister shall also address the gathering at Dahej after completion of the voyage, according to a PIB release. The PM, at the public meeting at Ghogha, will also inaugurate the Sarvottam Cattle Feed Plant of Shree Bhavnagar District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd.

From Dahej, the Prime Minister will travel to Vadodara. At a public meeting there, he will dedicate to the nation, the Vadodara City Command Control Centre, the Waghodiya Regional Water Supply Scheme and the New Head Office Building of the Bank of Baroda at Vadodara.

The Prime Minister will hand over keys of houses to beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban as well as Rural). He will lay the foundation of several infrastructure and development projects including an integrated transport hub, regional water supply schemes, housing projects and a flyover. He will also lay the foundation stone for the capacity expansion of Mundra-Delhi petroleum product pipeline and a greenfield marketing terminal project of HPCL at Vadodara, according to the PIB release.