Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on Gujarat tour today. He reached Ahmedabad airport at around 9 in the morning, from where he directly attended the railway program near Sabarmati D cabin. Here he laid the foundation stone of railway projects worth more than Rs 85,000 crore and dedicated it to the nation. On this occasion, PM Modi said that Indian Railways will continue to move forward at the pace of modernization and this is Modi's guarantee.
Prime Minister Modi flagged off 10 new Vande Bharat trains here. These trains are Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central, Secunderabad-Vishakhapatnam, Mysore-Dr. MGR Central (Chennai), Patna-Lucknow, New Jalpaiguri-Patna, Puri-Vishakhapatnam, Lucknow-Dehradun, Kalaburagi-Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal-Bangalore, Ranchi-Varanasi, Khajuraho-Delhi (Nizamuddin) routes.
On this occasion, Prime Minister Modi said that I am guaranteeing the country that in the next five years you will see such changes in Indian Railways which you would not have even imagined. 10 years of work is still a trailer, I have to go further. He said that India is a young country. A large number of youth live here. I want to tell you that the inauguration here today is for your present and the foundation that has been laid is the guarantee of your bright future.