Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated 23 projects and laid foundation stones for eight others in Gujarat’s Ekta Nagar. The 31 projects, worth Rs 426.71 crore, aim to improve facilities around the Statue of Unity.
The programme marked Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 151st birth anniversary, observed as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas.
The attractions include a Rs 50-crore IRCTC hotel and a Rs 16-crore Ekta Cruise. They feature a Rs 14.30-crore Rain Forest and a Rs 3.67-crore Eco Trail.
Infrastructure works include sewage and water treatment plants worth Rs 45.53 crore and Rs 21.40 crore.
The government has developed a parade track for Rs 23.81 crore and travelators worth Rs 28.22 crore.
Other projects include a 24-metre colony road costing Rs 23 crore and staff quarters worth Rs 14.25 crore.
The package includes CISF barracks, a terminal and jetty near Mokhadi village, water stations, a railway station walkway, fountains and Geocell landscaping near Gora Bridge.
It includes roadwork near Gate No. 8, Shoolpaneshwar Narmada Ghat improvements, facade lighting, Ekta Prakash Parv, Unity Glow Garden, two electric buses and sculptures.
The projects include Gora-Bhanadra Road (Rs 59.32 crore), Khalwani Bridge (Rs 7.72 crore) and a Cactus and Butterfly Garden (Rs 5.79 crore).
The projects include a Rs 36.58-crore Smart Zero Waste initiative and Rs 5.15-crore Khalwani Eco-Tourism development. They will widen Vaghadia Road and build a disaster control room for the Sardar Sarovar Dam.
Earlier, PM Modi paid floral tributes to Patel. He was scheduled to visit the Rain Forest and Vaman Vriksha Vatika before the Ekta Parade, featuring central and state police forces.
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