1. PM Modi to flag off Ropax ferry service between Surat and Saurashtra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Ropax ferry service between Surat and Saurashtra on Sunday, which will reduce travel distance between these two places. Speaking to a news agency, Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Shipping Minister said, "This ferry service will reduce the distance between Surat and Saurashtra from 317 km (by road) to just 60 kilometres."