Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for development projects worth more than Rs 4,800 crore in Amreli district of Gujarat.

This includes 1,600 development projects across Amreli, Jamnagar, Morbi, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Junagadh, Porbandar and Botad districts of Saurashtra region, and Kutch.

The Prime Minister inaugurated and laid foundation stones for water supply department projects worth Rs 705 crore, including Rs 112 crore for new projects and Rs 644 crore for completed projects.

This includes inauguration of the Bharatmata Sarovar, built at a cost of Rs 35 crore, on the Gagadio river in Amreli district.

Along with this, he also inaugurated 1,000 projects of pit recharge, bore recharge and well recharge and inaugurated 590 projects worth Rs 20 crore under the Water Resource Department, the statement said.

PM Modi also inaugurated the Navda-to-Chavand bulk pipeline for Botad district and laid the foundation stone for the Pasavi Group Augmentation Water Supply Scheme Phase 2 in Bhavnagar district.