The foundation stone was laid for eight railway projects in Gujarat on June 7, 2016. These are the Surendranagar-Rajkot line doubling, the Ahmedabad-Mehsana electrification-cum-gauge conversion, the Mehsana-Taranga Hill gauge conversion, the Vatva-Ahmedabad third line, the Modasa-Shamlaji new line, the Bhuj-Naliya gauge conversion, the Somnath-Kodinar new line and the Miyagam-Samlaya gauge conversion projects.