By IANS,
Navasari (Gujarat) : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked people of the state to resolve to build a ‘Golden Gujarat’.
“The entire country is looking at us and at our development. Let us resolve and dedicate ourselves to build a Swarnim (golden) Gujarat,” Modi said at a function at Chikhali town in Navsari district, about 250 km from Ahemdabad.
“I see in the eyes of the people a dream of a Swarnim Gujarat. The year 2010 would be memorable as the state celebrates its golden jubilee and it would mirror the sublime height Gujarat is set to achieve in years to come,” Modi said.
Ahead of the golden jubilee, the state government is taking a pledge torch in a special van, Swarnim Gujarat Sankalp Jyot Rath, to cities and towns. The torch was received Tuesday at Chikhli in south Gujarat.
Modi dedicated to people 51 water supply schemes for the villages of Navsari district and laid a foundation stone for 51 more such schemes.