PM Modi inaugurates L&T's howitzer gun-manufacturing unit in Surat, company to supply 100 guns worth Rs 4,500 cr

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, inaugurated the howitzer gun-manufacturing unit of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) at Hazira in Surat.

The PM was accompanied by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the do. 

Here are a few pictures from the event:

Surat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Larsen & Toubro Armoured Systems Complex in Hazira. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also present. pic.twitter.com/GkmQLeXDgT

— ANI (@ANI) January 19, 2019

L&T had won the Rs 4,500-crore contract to supply 100 units of the K9 Vajra-T 155 mm/52 caliber Tracked Self-Propelled gun systems to the Indian Army in 2017.

The company has set up the Armoured Systems Complex at its Hazira facility, around 30 km from Surat, to manufacture the guns.

Here's a video of PM Narendra Modi rides a K-9 Vajra Self Propelled Howitzer built by Larsen & Toubro:

#WATCH Prime Minister Narendra Modi rides a K-9 Vajra Self Propelled Howitzer built by Larsen & Toubro pic.twitter.com/ww9B90OaiD

— ANI (@ANI) January 19, 2019

Meanwhile, the Armoured Systems Complex is the first such facility in the country's private sector, an official said.