Ahmedabad Apr 19 PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Kumar Jugnauth will lead a roadshow from the Ahmedabad airport on Tuesday evening civic officials said The roadshow will commence around 6 PM after Modi and Jugnauth land at the Ahmedabad airport from Jamnagar where Modi will lay the foundation stone for the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicines The Mauritius prime minister will be accorded a grand welcome the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation AMC officials said adding that 30 platforms have been erected at regular intervals on the two-km roadshow route from the airport circle to the Indira Bridge where troupes will perform At least 15000 people are expected to greet both the prime ministers who will travel from the airport to Raj Bhavan as per the release On the second day of his Gujarat visit on Tuesday PM Modi is scheduled to address women cattle-rearers after inaugurating the newly-built milk processing plant of the Banas Dairy in the Banaskantha district In the evening Modi accompanied by Jugnauth will lay the foundation stone for the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicines GCTM in Jamnagar After that event both the PMs will fly to Ahmedabad During his night stay at Raj Bhavan on Monday some ministers in the BJP-led Gujarat government including Revenue Minister Rajendra Trivedi and Road and Building Minister Purnesh Modi held courtesy meetings with the prime minister PTI PJT PD NSK NSK
Ahmedabad Sep 24 PTI A powerful explosion inside a scrap recycling unit in Upleta town of Gujarats Rajkot district killed the facilitys owner and his son on Friday said policeWhile police have called experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory FSL here to know the exact cause of the explosion it was believed the blast occurred when the father-son duo was trying to cut open the compressor of an old refrigerator using a gas cutterThe deceased were identified as Razaq Kana and his son Raees Kana the police saidThe small scrap recycling unit owned by Razaq Kana is located in the Cutlery Market area of Upleta town around 300km from hereFollowing the incident Rajkot district Superintendent of Police Balram Meena along with other senior officials rushed to the spot and launched an investigationA powerful explosion took place when the shop owner and his son were dismantling scrap material on Friday morning Both Razak and Raees died on the spotSince we have found parts of a compressor in the shop it is possible an attempt to cut it open led to the explosion Meena told reporters PTI PJT RSY RSY