Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Larsen & Toubro’s Hazira facility in Gujarat’s Surat on Friday (May 5, 2026), where he reviewed the ongoing industrial operations and infrastructure projects.

PM Modi visited the AM Naik Heavy Engineering Complex, L&T’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, and was shown around the facility by the company officials.

He was briefed on the ‘Zorawar’ tanks and other defence equipment manufactured at the facility. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and L&T Defence have developed an air-transportable 25-tonne tank designed for rapid deployment largely along the frontier with China.

The PM began his day-long visit to Gujarat and Daman, where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects worth around ₹22,000 crore and address the public.

Mr. Modi will inaugurate, dedicate to the nation, and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over ₹18,800 crore in Surat across the road, power, and industrial sectors. He will also launch development projects worth around ₹2,970 crore in Daman.

The projects, which will be inaugurated, include a 200-bed ESIC Hospital in Surat and a new terminal building of NAMO Airport in Daman.