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Modi opens Rs 426.71 crore projects at Ekta Nagar
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 23 projects worth Rs 307.83 crore and laid stones for eight more worth Rs 118.88 crore at Gujarat's Ekta Nagar. The 31 projects total Rs 426.71 crore around the Statue of Unity. Openings included a Rs 50 crore IRCTC hotel and a Rs 16 crore Ekta Cruise. The visit fell on Sardar Patel's birth anniversary.
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What It Means For You
- Visitors gain a new IRCTC hotel, cruise rides and a rainforest attraction near the Statue of Unity.
- Travelators worth Rs 28.22 crore and a 24-metre colony road aim to ease congestion.
- Sewage and water treatment plants costing Rs 45.53 crore and Rs 21.40 crore were among civic openings.
What's Happening
- Foundation stones cover a Smart Zero Waste plant estimated at Rs 36.58 crore and the Gora-Bhanadra Road at Rs 59.32 crore.
- Modi paid floral tributes at the Statue of Unity on Rashtriya Ekta Diwas.
- Other openings included Ekta Prakash Parv lighting and an upgraded Unity Glow Garden.
Building Out Beyond the Statue
- Ekta Nagar grew as a tourism hub after the Statue of Unity opened.
- Two nine-metre air-conditioned electric buses and a longer walkway from the railway station were added.
- Proposed works also include Khalwani Bridge, a cactus and butterfly garden, and a dam disaster control room.
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