PM Narendra Modi delays departure, reviews pet projects

Ahmedabad | Wednesday | 24th May, 2017

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GANDHINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday delayed his scheduled departure by more than four hours to review his pet projects that were initiated when he was Gujarat chief minister. Gujarat BJP president Jitu Vaghani and other senior leaders of the party also met Modi at the Raj Bhavan. "PM also reviewed ICreate start-up initiative; Ghogha (Bhavnagar)-Dahej (Bharuch) Ro-Ro ferry service; and Dholera SIR projects among others. He was supposed to leave at 1:00 pm but left at 4:30 pm," Nitin Patel said.Official close to the development claimed that Modi was not happy with the slow progress in key projects. He was not happy with the slow pace of work on Narmada canal network and the work on Statue of Unity project..