PM Narendra Modi laid the cornerstone for a new airport in the Gujarat city of Bharuch on Monday. As he underlined the city’s progress, he predicted that the “double engine” administration now in place in the state will give growth a new impetus.
“After doing so much business and getting business from the country and abroad, now when the airport is being founded, the development is about to get a new momentum and a new flight. And when there is a double-engine government of Narendra-Bhupendra, then the airport work will also be completed faster,” said PM Modi.
He expressed happiness over the construction of the airport and said, “I am happy to announce that now, along with industrial development, Bharuch will also be home to an international airport. This airport will play an important role in increasing exports from Gujarat.”
He emphasised that since Bharuch will have its own airport, it won’t be necessary to rely on those in other cities.
“Bharuch won’t need to depend on Baroda or Surat airport. Now Bharuch will have its own airport. So, today, the foundation stone is being laid to build a new airport at Ankleshwar,” he said.
PM Modi also noted that his home state has now got its first drug park. “Today Gujarat has got the first bulk drug park, and that too in Bharuch. Several plants related to the chemical sector have also been inaugurated today,” he said.
In his speech, PM Modi spoke to the late SP Supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and emphasised their friendship.
“Mulayam Singh Yadav ji’s demise is a huge loss for the nation. I had a special relationship with him. When the BJP declared me as the PM candidate in 2014, I spoke to all opposition leaders. He gave me his blessings in the form of his advice, which has stayed with me even today,” he added.
In Amod, a town in the Bharuch district, Prime Minister Modi dedicated and laid the cornerstone for projects totaling more than Rs 8,000 crore.
PM Modi laid the cornerstone of a bulk pharmaceuticals park at Jambusar as a next step toward making India “Aatmanirbhar” (self-reliant) in the pharmaceutical industry. Bulk pharmaceuticals made up more than 60% of all pharmaceutical imports in 2021–2022.