Video: "I'm Distressed" - PM Gets Emotional As He Mentions Gujarat Tragedy
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Prime Minister Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Gujarat laid the foundation stones of several water supply projects worth Rs 8,034 crore including the Kasara to Dantiwada pipeline from the main Narmada canal, costing over Rs 1,560 crore.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday laid the foundation stones of several projects worth over Rs 8,000 crore in Banaskantha's Tharad to strengthen the water supply in the district in Gujarat. #WATCH | PM Modi gets emotional as he talks about #MorbiBridgeCollapse tragedy, in Gujarat's Banaskantha pic.twitter.com/0pmVmGmC0f
Prime Minister Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Gujarat laid the foundation stones of several water supply projects worth Rs 8,034 crore including the Kasara to Dantiwada pipeline from the main Narmada canal, costing over Rs 1,560 crore. The project is believed to augment the water supply and benefit farmers of the region as well.
On the sidelines of the programme in Tharad, several projects including the strengthening of the Sujlam Suflam Canal, the extension of the Modhera-Moti Dau pipeline to Mukteshwar Dam-Karmavat Lake, the lift irrigation scheme for 11 villages of Santalpur Taluka, among others were also announced.
Addressing the audience during the event, PM Modi also remembered those who died after the century-old suspension bridge collapsed in Gujarat's Morbi yesterday. "I am very distressed after the Morbi mishap," PM Modi said.
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