Prime Minister Narenda Modi will inaugurate three projects in Gujarat on 24 October 2020. He will launch the ‘Kisan Suryodaya Yojana’ for farmers of the state.
In order to provide day-time power supply for irrigation, the state government had recently announced the ‘Kisan Suryodaya Yojana’. Under this scheme, farmers will be able to avail power supply from 5 am to 9 pm.
The state government has allocated a budget of Rs 3,500 crore for installing transmission infrastructure under this Scheme by 2023. As many as 234 66 kV transmission lines, with a total length of 3,490 CKM will be established under the project, in addition to 220 kV substations.
Under the Scheme for 2020-21, Dahod, Patan, Mahisagar, Panchmahal, Chhota Udepur, Kheda, Tapi, Valsad, Anand and Gir-Somnath districts have been included. The remaining districts will be covered in a phase-wise manner by 2022-23.
He will also inaugurate the Paediatric Heart Hospital attached with the U N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre and a mobile application for tele-cardiology at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital.
The U N Mehta Institute will now become India’s biggest hospital for cardiology. It is undergoing expansion at a cost of Rs 470 crore. The number of beds will increase from 450 to 1,251 after completion of the expansion project.
The Institute will also become the biggest single super specialty cardiac teaching institute in the country and one of the biggest single super specialty cardiac hospitals in the world.
The building is equipped with safety precautions such as earthquake-proof construction, fire fighting hydrant system and fire mist system. The research centre will house India’s first Advanced Cardiac ICU on Wheels with OT, which is equipped with ventilators, IABP, haemodialysis, ECMO, 14 operation centres and seven cardiac catheterisation labs.
PM will also inaugurate the ropeway at Girnar. Initially, there will be 25-30 cabins, with a capacity of eight people per cabin. A distance of 2.3 km will now be covered in just 7.5 minutes through the ropeway.