Gandhinagar, June 4 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Surat, Gujarat, on World Environment Day (Friday). During the visit, he will inaugurate four development projects of the Energy and Petrochemicals Department, Government of Gujarat, and PowerGrid Corporation of India Ltd, with a total project cost of Rs 4950.39 crore.

According to a press release from the Chief Minister's office, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the Transmission Network Expansion Project in Gujarat, which will enable high-capacity power flow from Gujarat to Maharashtra. Implemented by the Powergrid Corporation of India Ltd at a cost of Rs 4,546 crore across Surat and Navsari districts, the project will strengthen the state's transmission network ...