GUJARAT MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT EVOKING GREAT INTEREST: MODI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday claimed that the Gujarat model of development is being discussed with great interest across the country.Inaugurating a Rs 552-crore Narmada project-based water supply scheme for 608 villages in the parched north Gujarat region, Modi said: "Our governments stopped unnecessary earth digging, which used to be done as part of relief works during the drought period to gain electoral mileage."He said the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) government looked ahead and believed in long-term permanent solutions.Referring to the engineering expertise deployed in the scheme he inaugurated, the Prime Minister said: "An entire river had been lifted to a height of a 55-storey building to facilitate supply of water to these areas."Modi suggested to state Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, who was present on the occasion, to introduce for engineering students in Gujarat a subject related to Narmada water supply, pumping and lifting ...