Modi-Abe visit: Gujarat decks up to welcome Japan's Rs 5 lakh cr investment

Prime Minister Abe to lay the foundation stone for India's first high-speed Bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai

It's an early Diwali for Ahmedabad with several parts of the city lit up and decorated with Indian and Japanese flags, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe on Wednesday.

Ahmedabad and India are ready to welcome PM @AbeShinzo. pic.twitter.com/rToW2K8JEw

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2017

PM Modi welcomed Abe through a tweet while sharing pictures of an illuminated Sabarmati riverfront. Ahmedabad's pot-holed roads are also getting the last moment makeover on routes through which the Japanese PM's cavalcade