Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on a daylong visit to the state on Thursday handed over homes built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna to lakhs of beneficiaries in Gujrat’s Valsad. Speaking at the event, PM Modi said he dreams of every family having a home of its own by 2022, the year India will celebrate its 75 years of independence.
PM also inaugurated various projects in Junagadh, including a newly-built hospital of the Gujarat Medical and Education Research Society and two fisheries colleges at Veraval town in the Gir Somnath district.
PM Modi laid the foundation stone of a Rs 586 crore water supply scheme, Astol group water supply scheme, for the benefit of interior villages in Kaprada region in Valsad district. He will also address a public gathering here.
Highlights:
# Health sector requires good doctors and paramedical staff. We also want medical instruments to be made in India. Health sector must keep pace with the technological advancements globally
# The coming of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana- Ayushman Bharat will transform the health sector and ensure the poor get top class healthcare and that too at affordable prices: PM
# The Government of India has started Jan Aushadhi stores, which is reducing the prices of medicines. It is important that the poor and the middle class gets access to affordable medicines: PM
# Medical colleges and hospitals are coming up across Gujarat, not only helping patients but also those who want to study medicine: PM
# In Gujarat, there is a constant effort to ensure adequate water reaches every part of the state. We are also working towards water conservation: PM
