PM Modi dedicates Railway projects worth over Rs 2,900 cr in Asarva

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation, two railway projects worth over Rs 2,900 crores at Asarva, Ahmedabad today.
Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister remarked that today is a huge day for Gujarat’s development and connectivity. He underlined that lakhs of people of Gujarat who used to be troubled due to the lack of broad gauge line in a large area are going to get a lot of relief from today. The Prime Minister expressed delight at getting the opportunity to dedicate the line after waiting for decades. The Prime Minister highlighted that the entire route has been rejuvenated and the meter gauge line from Asarwa to Udaipur via Himmatnagar has been converted into a broad gauge. He also informed that this part of Gujarat will now be connected directly with the neighbouring state of Rajasthan as well as the whole country.
The gauge conversion work done between Lunidhar-Jetalsar will also ease rail connectivity in this area and trains originating from here will be able to go to any part of the country, he said. “When the meter gauge line on a route is changed to broad gauge”, the Prime Minister said, “it brings with it many new possibilities.With the conversion of the 300 km long rail line from Asarwa to Udaipur into broad gauge, the tribal areas of Gujarat and Rajasthan will be connected to Delhi and North India” he added.