Sagarmala Project will open new horizons of development for Gujarat ports: Anandiben welcomes Railway Budget

Gandhinagar, 8 July, 2014

Gujarat Chief Minister Smt. Anandiben Patel today welcomed the first Union Railway Budget-2014-15 presented by the NDA Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi in the Parliament and termed it as “The Growth Engine of modern India”.

The Chief Minister expressed her gratitude to the Prime Minister for allocation of high-speed ‘Bullet Train’ project between Ahmedabad-Mumbai. She said, in upcoming five years, the Indian Railways will create a new image for itself at the world level.

Welcoming the ‘Sagarmala Project’ presented in the budget by the Union Railway Minister Mr. Sadananda Gowda, Smt. Patel said, the approach of providing railway connectivity to the ports under the ‘Sagarmala Project’ will surely prove to be very beneficiary for the business development through ports. The project will open new horizons of development for Gujarat’s ports as the state has over 1600 kms long coastline.

In response to the induction of new Yatradham Tourist Circuit Train to the Gujarat in the Budget, the Chief Minister said, it would surely facilitate the pilgrimage tourists and will also enhance pilgrimage tourism in the state.

Smt. Patel said, the facility of railway wagons and air-conditioned warehouses would surely benefit the farmers in getting reasonable prices for their foods, food grains and vegetables-fruits.

The Chief Minister also said the budget will give a new identity to the Indian Railways and termed it as a development-oriented budget.