Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Saturday (Sept 16) greeted by President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Hamid Ansari and other prominent persons on his 66th birthday. Modi, who is in Gujarat, received birthday greetings from President and Vice President over phone. ‘My warm greetings and good wishes to PM @narendramodi on his 67th birthday,’ tweeted Mukherjee. ‘Let this day be the beginning of a year of greater achievements in life of PM @narendramodi and our nation,’ he said in another tweet.
Chief Justice of India T S Thakur personally met Modi at Raj Bhawan in Gandhinagar to greet him, official sources said. 'May the Almighty bless PM @narendramodi with good health, happiness & many more years of dedicated service to the nation,’ Mukherjee added. In response, the PM tweeted ‘I thank Honourable Rashtrapati ji for his kind birthday greetings.’ Vice President Ansari, who is visiting Venezuela, also wished Modi.
Modi visited his mother Hiraba in Gandhinagar and took her blessings. He reached the residence of his brother Pankaj Modi in Raysan area of Gujarat’s state capital, where his 97-year-old mother is staying and spent around 25 minutes with her. He later drove to the Raj Bhavan where he is staying during his visit to the home state.
Modi then visited Limkheda in Dahod district of Gujarat where he announced six water supply projects worth Rs 175 billion and four lift irrigation projects worth another Rs20 billion, totaling Rs.48 billion under Gujarat’s Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojna for the districts lying in the state’s forest belt at a function at the Arts College Mota Hathi Dhara of Limkheda.
He then headed to Navsari in Gujarat to spend his birthday with 'Divyangs' or specially-abled persons.
Over 9,000 disabled people, including youngsters and children from across south Gujarat region including Surat, Valsad, Dangs and Navsari have been registered for participating in the mega camp.
