Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the country's first seaplane service between the Statue of Unity site at Kevadiya Colony to the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, marking the 145th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
A parade, named the Ekta Diwas Parade, by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and the Gujarat Police, will be organised in the PM’s presence.
PM Modi Gujarat visit: This is PM Narendra Modi's first visit to Gujarat which also happens to be his home state, since the coronavirus outbreak in March-end.
After a gap of more than six months, the tallest statue in the world, the Statue of Unity (SoU), will reopen for public from October 17, an auspicious day when the popular Navratri festival gets underway.
The Home Ministry on Wednesday gave approval for the deployment of CISF personnel at the Statue of Unity at Kevadia in Gujarat. The deployment will be done from August 25 with the strength of 272 personnel in the first phase.
The memorial to Sardar Patel, at 182 metres, is the world's tallest such structure and has attracted several lakh people since it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018.
Gujarat's Statue of Unity has been closed till March 25, amid coronavirus outbreak in India. This is for the first time since its inauguration in 2018 that Statue of Unity will be closed.
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The 'Statue of Unity', the world's tallest statue, is a monumental tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, independent India's first home minister as well as deputy prime minister. The statue was inaugurated in October 2018 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Statue of Unity is a statue of Vallabhbhai Patel, the first home minister of the country. With a height of 182 metres, it is the world's tallest statue.
As the prime minister offered floral tributes, flower petals were showered on the world's tallest statue by an Indian Air Force helicopter.
PM Modi to visit Statue of Unity tomorrow to mark Sardar Patel's birth anniversary. A National Integration Parade has also been organized on this occasion tomorrow
Earlier on Tuesday, Modi arrived at Kevadiya to take part in the 'Namami Narmada' festival being celebrated by the Gujarat government to mark the filling up of the Sardar Sarovar Dam
The 597-ft tall Statue of Unity in Gujarat and Mumbai's Soho House have been featured by the Time magazine in its second annual list of the 2019 World's greatest places, a compilation of 100 new and newly "noteworthy destinations to experience right now".
Quick Reaction Team and Chetak Commandos of Gujarat Police took part in the exercise which was conducted to keep a high state of preparedness in case of a terror attack.
India is all set to get tallest Shiva statue. After the Statue of Unity, India will witness the tallest Shiva Statue.
UK based architects Norma Fosters have prepared the design and Naidu has almost finalised it with some minor changes.
The project, that will cover an area of around 400 acres and cost Rs 1200 crore, is likely to kick off within the next couple of months and completed within the next two years, says the report.
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